Product Details

• Actors: Phoebe Jojo Kut, Vivian Wu, Lester Chan, Hollie Lo
• Directors: Julia Kwan
• Producers: Erik Paulsson, Shan Tam, Yves J. Ma
• Format: NTSC, Color, Subtitled, Dolby, Surround Sound
• Subtitles: English, French
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Rated: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
• Run Time: 92 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• ASIN: B001LDC7VA
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #133,493 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

DVD of Sundance Jury Winning feature film Eve & the Fire Horse. Synopsis: 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. Touched by the images of Jesus' suffering, Karena quickly embraces Catholicism and all of its doctrines. Meanwhile, Eve views Christianity and Buddhism as a world of magic and games. Repeatedly, Eve's imagination gets her into trouble, and Karena sets demanding tasks for her sister on her road to salvation. When a potential misfortune threatens to harm them, Karena and Eve decide they must achieve sainthood in order to save their wayward family and it takes them down a path that will change their lives forever. Seen through the eyes of an imaginative young girl, Eve & the Fire Horse takes you on a wondrous yet deeply felt journey, where family life is strange, childhood lonely and religion perplexing.

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4.0 out of 5 stars film fan, February 3, 2009

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This review is from: Eve & the Fire Horse DVD - Sundance Film Festival Jury Prize Winner (DVD)

The "editorial review" does not do Eve and the Fire Horse justice because, as is too often the case on the info that appears on DVD cases, the "product description" is far from accurate. In my opinion, this film won its numerous prizes because it shows in a moving way how hard it is to grow up, how even more difficult it is to grow up in a family in America or Canada, or any country really, when the family still retains strong ties to a different culture. In this case, the immigrant family happens to be of Chinese origin. It is too simplistic to consider this rich story as another depiction of assimilation. 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. The family is not a "wayward" family. It happens to be of Chinese origin and their old Buddhist traditions are what both parents and the grandmother solely believed until the children weave together what the mother accepts with hope "It is better to have two Gods to be safe." As the children struggle to understand, their new convictions about Christianity are important to both. Yes, the family experiences many changes as all families and relationships that are meaningful do. The touching aspect of how their love holds them together even to the youngest exuberant one is what makes this film so lovely.