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Eve and the fire horse julia kwan s first film is a small miracle. Eve and the fire horse university of manitoba libraries. Innocent eve was born in a year of fire horse, which is believed to be bad luck. Vivian wu, lester chitman chan, hollie lo, phoebe kut. In 1975, nine year old eve is looking for some meaning for her life, especially after her mother, maylin eng, miscarries, and her paternal grandmother passes away. The story of two sisters phoebe jojo kut and hollie lo growing up oneandahalf generation chinesecanadian in polyester. She was born in the chinese year of the fire horse, which is infamous for producing rabblerousing kids. Kwan was born under the chinese astrological sign of the fire horse. In the conclusion, suh uses the film eve and the fire horse julia kwan, 2005 as an example of what she believes buddhist film ought to depict.

For this impulsive, emotional woman there are no obstacles and obstacles. Apr 28, 2014 director julia kwan, who made the sundance jury awardwinning eve and the fire horse, approaches the subject in a day in the life style, where her camera captures the action of these typical. Two impressionable young sisters find their fledgling religious beliefs leading them toward opposite ends of the spectrum following a series of family misfortunes in this drama from canadian. Julia kwan, director of the sundance entry eve and the fire horse, found. It won the special jury prize at the sundance film festival and the claude. Filmed with grace, heart, and subtle beauty, this film was crafted with delicacy and love. It was my first young adult book in this genre, and i expected something edging the immature side for some reason. It won the special jury prize at the sundance film festival and the claude jutra award for the best feature film by a firsttime film director in canada plot. Through the experiences of two children, nineyearold eve phoebe jojo kut and her older sister karena hollie lo, writerdirector kwan examines the interplay of two world religions, christianity and buddhism, in preparing them to face life. Julia kwan, phoebe joj kut, vivian wu with canadian mountainees get premium, high resolution news photos at getty images. Caught between her sisters quest for premature sainthood and her own sense of right and wrong, eve faces the challenges of childhood with fanciful humor and wide. Acv and the museum of modern art moma present the awardwinning eve and the fire horse 2005 to conclude the winterspring program of asian cinevisions, the monthly series of contemporary asian and asian american cinema. Her mother was a garment factory worker, while her father was employed as the head waiter at.

Julia kwan is off to the races with eve and the fire horse georgia. Julia kwan s brilliant story allows us to view all this with the added emphasis on how these two young girls try to understand their need for faith in their lives. Learn the personality, characters and horoscope future for the fire horse in wealth, money, work, health, marriage and love. Vivian wu and lester chitman chan are starring, alongside hollie lo and phoebe kut. It makes them good leaders, quick to make decisions, and gifted at turning a bad situation to their advantage. Jade moon is a fire horse, the worst sign in the chinese zodiac for girls, said to make them stubborn, willful, and far too imaginative. The rocket maurice richard was the most successful film at these awards, winning nine of its nominated categories. Much to the dismay of their traditionallyminded family members, eve and her equally independent sister. The same drive and determination that often brings disgrace to fire horse women brings distinction to men. Eve and the fire horse is a story about family, childhood, and religion. Eve and the fire horse 2005 official trailer, organic. Its unclear how much of the story is autobiographical the most obvious parallel is that the main character eve and kwan were both born in 1966, the year of the fire horse on the chinese calendar. Fire horse men are destined to be famousor infamous. Eve is a precocious nine yearold girl with a wild imagination growing up in a traditional chinese immigrant family in vancouver where confucian doctrines, superstitious obsessions and divine visions.

It was written and directed by julia kwan, who drew on her own. Written and directed by julia kwan, the film follows a family after they deal with tragedy after tragedy. Acts boldly and resolutely, does not pay attention to the opinion of people around him. Confucian doctrines, superstition and divine visions abound. Eve and the fire horse 2005 julia kwan, phoebe kut. Red storm productions holiday pictures firelight cinema productions golden horse productions mongrel media eve is a precocious nine yearold girl with a wild imagination growing up in a traditional chinese immigrant family in vancouver where confucian. Eve, a precocious nineyearold with an overactive imagination, was born in the year of the fire horse, notorious among chinese families for producing. Eve and the fire horse is julia kwans introductory featurelength triumph. There is deservedly lots of buzz happening for eve and the fire horse. The connecticut council for interreligious understanding. In chinese culture, fire horse children are notorious for being troublesome. In english and in cantonese with english subtitles. Julia kwan is off to the races with eve and the fire horse by ken eisner on january 26th, 2006 at 9.

Eve and the fire horse is a somewhat oddly intriguing movie. In 1975, nine year old eve is looking for some meaning for her life, especially after her mother, may. Although eve has been raised with her familys traditional chinese beliefs, she begins to doubt that their religion can see her family through a string of misfortunes. Men and women actually born in the year of the fire horse will have the same characteristics as the ordinary horse but they will be more accentuated, in the good qualities as well as in the bad. Her older sister karena starts following christianity after getting a book from 2. The fire horse will thus be a harder worker, a more cunning individual, more independent, more gifted. Eve and the fire horse wikimili, the best wikipedia reader. When buddhism and catholicism are thrown into the mix, life for eve and her 11 yearold prim and authoritative sister, karena, escalates into a fantasia of. Eve eng phoebe jojo kut is the 9yearold daughter of buddhist chinese immigrants living in vancouver, british columbia. Here is a woman who starred in the pillow book and the joy luck club and. After a series of misfortunes strike the eng family, may lin vivian wu and her daughters, eve and karena phoebe kut, hollie lo turn to buddhism, catholicism, and ancient chinese superstitions to try and take control of their destinies. Interfaith film series the connecticut council for.

Writerdirector julia kwan and her crew have just won the sundance special jury prize. Julia kwans brilliant story allows us to view all this with the added emphasis on. Eve and the fire horse is a very sweet and affecting family drama. After a series of misfortunes strike the eng family, may lin vivian wu and her daughters, eve and karena phoebe kut, hollie lo turn to buddhism, catholicism, and ancient chinese superstitions to. The characters are all crafted with the greatest of care. Eve and the fire horse will pierce viewers hearts with its lyrical, humorous and emotional journey of a young girl and her sister striving to grow up in a world full of wonder. Its a typical comingofage film with an asian bent, nonetheless. Eve and the fire horse is a beautifully written film about this 9 years cute girl eve and her 11 years old sisters struggle with the culture and religion clash as chinese immigrants living in vancouver, canada. Reviewed by tara kolton a refreshing departure from so much of the escapist fantasy of modern, mainstream childrens cinema, eve and the fire horse follows a young chinese girls naive and magical romp through the tangled webs of religion. Find movie and film cast and crew information for eve and the fire horse 2005 julia kwan on allmovie. Eve is a nine yearold little girl born on the chinese year of the fire horse.

Eve, a precocious nine yearold with an overactive imagination, was born in the year of the fire horse, notorious among chinese families for producing the most troublesome children. When buddhism and catholicism are thrown into the mix, life for eve and. Here at sundance some interviewers have actually asked her if eve and the fire horse will be her american breakthrough. I was a bit surprised at the range of emotions that this book covered. A fiery and romantic adventure, perfect for fans of grace lin, kristen cashore, or lisa see. Never would a tale about godly discovery within a nineyear old be anywhere near as convincing as with this film. Ive said quite a bit about this film over the last year, and i just cant recommend it enough. Eve and the fire horse eve is a precocious nine yearold girl with a wild imagination growing up in a traditional chinese immigrant family in vancouver where confucian doctrines, superstitious obsessions and divine visions abound. When the family suffers a series of setbacks, elder daughter karena looks to catholicism as a means of improving her familys lot in life as her strongwilled younger sister eve born under the. Eve and the fire horse is kwan s story of a young chinesecanadian girl who attempts to.

Eve and the fire horse 2005 eve and the fire horse. Julia kwan certainly didnt want to drown any horses. Eve and the fire horse 2005 julia kwan cast and crew. Golden horse productions starring vivian wu and phoebe kut, 2005. Chinesecanadian eve eng was born in 1966, in the year of the fire horse. With eve and the fire horse, screenwriterdirector julia kwan tells a quintessentially vancouver story the social and cultural adaptation of canadianborn children of chinese immigrants. Forty percent of the dialogue in eve and the fire horse 2005 is spoken in kwans native tongue.

Firehorse by diane lee wilson goodreads share book. Released in the usa on january 06 of 2006, eve and the fire horse is a drama film directed by julia kwan. Find movie and film cast and crew information for eve and the fire horse 2005 julia kwan on allmovie allmovie. Voted the most popular canadian film at the 2005 vancouver film festival and winner of the special jury prize in the world dramatic category of the sundance film festival, vancouver director julia kwan s eve and the fire horse weaves an imaginative tale of the spiritual awakening of two young chinesecanadian sisters. Eve and the fire horse 2005 julia kwan, phoebe kut, hollie lo, vivian wu. Karena does a school book report on one of their publications, and soon.

The final, concluding chapter highlights julia kwans eve and the fire horse 2005 as an inspiring new type of buddhist film, which, instead of reifying the lofty male monastic ideal, celebrates the vicissitudes of asian american womens lives in their intimate family environment. Here is a woman who starred in the pillow book and the joy luck club and heaven and earth and a lot of other big movies. Julia kwan s brilliant story allows us to view all this with the added emphasis on how these two young girls try. Having raised two of my own, the idea that a child will accept direction is novel enough.

Park city, utah julia kwan, the director of one of the most. For it there, and there can not be really good reasons to abandon the plan. This memory from the childhood of filmmaker julia kwan finds its way into her first feature film, eve and the fire horse, a quietly poetic meditation. It was written and directed by julia kwan, who drew on her own experiences growing up in canada in the 1970s and seeing western and eastern ideas blend together. These childhood experiences would be a strong influence on her feature film eve and the fire horse. Eve phoebe jojo kut is a precocious nineyearold growing up in mid70s vancouver. It shows the struggle of two chinese sisters as they struggle to find faith through a mix of buddhism, catholicism and teachings of the jehovahs witnesses.

A canadian buddhist film, eve and the fire horse focuses on the everyday wonders that constantly creates the world anew rather than on meditating monks and white privilege. Julia kwan is a director and writer, known for eve and the fire horse 2005, everything will be 2014 and three sisters on moon lake 2001. Exbaltimore mayor gets 3 years in prison for book scheme. The fire horse girl was a very well written ya historical fiction novel. Kwan leisurely paces the film to allow absorption of the struggle these sisters must endure during their spiritual discovery. Kwan, lapointe win jutra award for firsttime directors. Writerdirector julia kwan will be in new york to present the screenings and also conduct a workshop with women make movies wmm. Eve and the fire horse is a 2005 canadian film written and directed by julia kwan. If youre a horse lover who enjoys a good ya book every once in a while, i heartily recommend firehorse. A web page featuring information about eve and the fire horse. Rachel is a somewhat rebellious young woman who is not at all happy about being forced to boston and leaving her beloved horse behind until she takes in a fire station horse injured while pulling the fire engine. Luck, karma, coincidence, religion and faith eve and the fire horse deals with all of these things. Eve and the fire horse 2005 directed by julia kwan.

Hockey drama the rocket landed nominations for canadas genie awards, including picture, director charles biname, lead actor roy dupuis, screenwriter ken scott and a host of technical and craft. Eve and the fire horse 2005 is a drama movie starring vivian wu and phoebe kut. When julia kwan s grandmother died, her parents said the grandmother had been reincarnated as a goldfish. Eve is a precocious nine yearold girl with a wild imagination growing up in a traditional chinese immigrant family in vancouver where confucian doctrines, superstitious obsessions and divine visions abound. The rocket, bon cop lead canadas genie nominations news. The male fire horse is not considered as dangerous as the female. Iconic films by bc directors screen at dgc bc showcase yvr. Eve and the fire horse in julia kwans awardwinning first feature eve is a precocious 9yearold girl with a wild imagination growing up in a traditional chinese immigrant family in vancouver. Eve and the fire horse eve is a precocious nine yearold girl with a wild. Dramatic award for the film eve and the fire horse during 2006 sundance film festival. Julia kwan was raised in vancouver, british columbia to chinese immigrant parents. Julia kwans remarkable debut feature eve and the fire horse 2005 examines themes of. When buddhism and catholicism are thrown into the mix, life for eve and her 11yearold prim and authoritative sister, karena, escalates into a fantasia of catastrophe, sainthood and. It won the special jury prize at the sundance film festival and the claude jutra award for the best feature film by a firsttime film director in canada.

Eve and the fire horse 2005 eve and the fire horse 2005. Julia kwan is off to the races with eve and the fire horse. Writerdirector julia kwan gives us a unique glimpse into the spiritual lives of several generations of chineseamerican descendants. Grow in understanding grow in understanding grow in understanding. Julia kwan s magnificent film eve and the fire horse was released on dvd a couple of weeks ago. Bon cop, bad cop won just two of its 10 nominations, although it received the highest 2006 box office revenues in canada to earn the golden reel award. Julia kwan is a canadian screenwriter, director, and occasional producer of her own short and. A fire horse is a vigorous woman, if she sets a goal, then she will definitely achieve. Year of the fire horse chinese buddhist encyclopedia. When julia kwans grandmother died, her parents said the grandmother had been reincarnated as a goldfish. Julia kwans debut feature eve and the fire horse, a winner at the sundance, calgary and vancouver film festivals, is full of magic. Eve and the fire horse is kwans story of a young chinesecanadian.