Eve and the Fire Horse (2005)

Chinese-Canadian Eve Eng was born in 1966, in the year of the fire horse. In Chinese culture, fire horse children are notorious for being troublesome. In 1975, nine year old Eve is looking ... See full summary »

Director:

Julia Kwan

Writer:

Julia Kwan

Stars:

Phoebe Kut, Hollie Lo, Vivian Wu

11 wins & 9 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Phoebe Kut	...	Eve Eng
Hollie Lo	...	Karena Eng
Vivian Wu	...	May-Lin Eng
Chit-Man Chan	...	Frank Eng
Ping Sun Wong	...	Grandmother
Joseph Siu	...	Uncle #8 (as Joseph Siu Kin Hing)
Shirley Ng	...	Auntie #8
Diane Buermans	...	Cousin Colleen
Franco Maravilla	...	Cousin Edward
Jessica Amlee	...	Sally
Pawan Gill	...	Surinder
Wendy Russell	...	Sister Agnes
Julia Tortolano	...	Becky
Matias Hacker	...	Mr. Right
Chris Shields	...	God's Witness #1 - Fred

Storyline

Chinese-Canadian Eve Eng was born in 1966, in the year of the fire horse. In Chinese culture, fire horse children are notorious for being troublesome. In 1975, nine year old Eve is looking for some meaning for her life, especially after her mother, May-Lin Eng, miscarries, and her paternal grandmother passes away, the latter event particularly concerning not so much for the event itself but the circumstances leading to the death. The Engs follow traditional Buddhist philosophy, primarily as a cultural tradition. While her husband Frank Eng is away in China dealing with his mother's burial, May-Lin doesn't stop their eldest daughter, Karena Eng, from pursuing knowledge of and eventual faith in Christianity, most specifically Catholicism. May-Lin sees it as a cushion for ensuring a good life and good after-life, as much of Christian teaching follows that of Buddhism anyway. Eve follows in her sister's footsteps. While Karena becomes a devout Catholic to the expense of her Buddhist ...

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Plot Keywords:

eve | fire | horse | buddhism | chinese | 

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Genres:

Drama

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Details

Official Sites:

Official site [ca]

Country:

Canada

Language:

English Cantonese

Release Date:

January 2006 (USA)

Also Known As:

Csodavilág

Filming Locations:

Coquitlam, British Columbia, Canada

Box Office

Budget:

CAD 1,500,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Mongrel Media, Red Storm Productions, Holiday Pictures Ltd.

Technical Specs

Runtime:

92 min 92 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Goofs

In one of the classroom scenes, the capital of Ontario, Canada is marked as "Ottawa". Ottawa is the capital of Canada, but Toronto is the capital of Ontario.

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Soundtracks

"Magic"
Performed by Pilot
Words and Music by David Patton and William Lyall

User Reviews

young Chinese Canadian girls explore death, superstition & religion (with lots of laughs, too)

what a wonderful show! it's just opened in vancouver, b.c. (the city in which it was filmed) and what a treat to see it.

eve and the fire horse is beautiful, funny, touching, and thoughtful. julie kwan gently and poetically illuminates difficult truths.

affection, death, racism, camaraderie, longing, evangelism across cultural lines and religious fervour are all touched on.

a very enjoyable film whether you are ten or 90. behind me in the theatre sat a family ranging almost that far and the laughter was spread equally across the row.

three thumbs up!