Eve and the Fire Horse

Eve and the Fire Horse
Directed by	Julia Kwan
Produced by	Yves J. Ma Erik Paulsson Shan Tam
Written by	Julia Kwan
Starring	Phoebe Jojo Kut Hollie Lo Vivian Wu Lester Chit-Man Chan
Cinematography	Nicolas Bolduc
Edited by	Michael Brockington
Distributed by	Mongrel Media
Release date	September 9, 2005 (Toronto International Film Festival) January 27, 2006
Running time	92 min.
Country	Canada
Language	English Cantonese
Budget	$1.5 million

Eve and the Fire Horse is a 2005 Canadian film written and directed by Julia Kwan. It won the Special Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival and the Claude Jutra Award for the best feature film by a first-time film director in Canada.

Eve, a precocious nine-year-old with an overactive imagination, was born in the Year of the Fire Horse, notorious among Chinese families for producing the most troublesome children. Dinners around Eve’s family table are a raucous affair, where old world propriety and new world audacity mix in even measure. But as summer approaches, it seems like Eve’s carefree childhood days are behind her.

When her mother chops down their apple tree — a superstitious omen — bad luck worms its way into their family in unexpected, tragic ways. Forced to grow up too fast, Eve learns to take pleasure in life’s small gifts — like a goldfish she believes to be the reincarnated spirit of her beloved grandmother.

Meanwhile, Eve’s older sister Karena is going through changes of her own, exploring a newfound fascination with Christianity. Soon, crucifixes pop up next to the Buddha in the family’s house, and Eve must contend with a Sunday school class where her wild imagination is distinctly out of place.

Caught between her sister’s quest for premature sainthood and her own sense of right and wrong, Eve faces the challenges of childhood with fanciful humor and wide-eyed wonder. Along the way, she proves that sometimes the most troublesome children are the ones that touch our hearts most deeply.

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