Friday, July 6, 2007 - Wednesday, July 4, 2007, 2007
Eve & the Fire Horse, a film by Julia Kwan
OPENS FRIDAY, JULY 6TH IN SAN FRANCISCO!
Limited two week engagement.
Date:Friday, July 6, 2007 - 12:00pm
Location
Sundance Kabuki Cinemas
1881 Post St.
San Francisco, CA, 94115
United States
Showtimes:
Sat & Sun @ 11:40am, 1:45pm, 4:10pm, 7:00pm, 9:30pm
Weekdays @ 4:10pm, 7:00pm, and 9:30pm
Director Julia Kwan will be at the 7pm and 9:30pm screenings on Saturday, July 7th doing a Q&A and signing DVDs afterwards.
EVE & THE FIRE HORSE
Canadian filmmaker Julia Kwan's coming-of-age drama EVE & THE FIRE HORSE opens July 6 at the Sundance Kabuki Cinemas in San Francisco. EVE & THE FIRE HORSE, a Red Storm Releasing release, runs 92 minutes, is in Cantonese and English and is not MPAA rated.
Film Synopsis:
Eve (Phoebe Jojo Kut), 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 (Vivian Wu/THE PILLOW BOOK, JOY LUCK CLUB) 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. A lyrical, lighthearted look at a young girl's spiritual experience, EVE & THE FIRE HORSE offers a wondrous yet deeply felt journey, where family life is strange, childhood lonely and religion perplexing.
Filmmaker information:
Award-winning filmmaker Julia Kwan is a writer, director and producer living in Vancouver, B.C. A second (or one and half) generation Chinese-Canadian, Kwan's Chinese immigrant parents laid down her working class roots. Her father worked as a restaurant manager and her mother folded sheets in a laundry factory. As the only one in her family to pursue a career in the arts, Kwan attended Ryerson Polytechnic University in Toronto to study film and minor in psychology. When Julia told her mother she was going to study (film) writing, her Mother misunderstood and told all her friends her daughter was studying calligraphy. After graduation, Kwan moved to San Francisco and worked as an Associate Producer, Co-writer and Actor for the film, CAUGHT IN THE CROSSFIRE (1994). It was there that she began writing the first draft of EVE & THE FIRE HORSE. Upon returning to Vancouver, Kwan produced, wrote and directed several short films, including the experimental film PRIZED POSSESSIONS (1997) and the comedy/drama 10,000 DELUSIONS (1999). EVE & THE FIRE HORSE is Julia Kwan's feature-length directorial debut. It recently screened in the 2007 San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival.
Limited two week engagement.
Date:Friday, July 6, 2007 - 12:00pm
Location
Sundance Kabuki Cinemas
1881 Post St.
San Francisco, CA, 94115
United States
Showtimes:
Sat & Sun @ 11:40am, 1:45pm, 4:10pm, 7:00pm, 9:30pm
Weekdays @ 4:10pm, 7:00pm, and 9:30pm
Director Julia Kwan will be at the 7pm and 9:30pm screenings on Saturday, July 7th doing a Q&A and signing DVDs afterwards.
EVE & THE FIRE HORSE
Canadian filmmaker Julia Kwan's coming-of-age drama EVE & THE FIRE HORSE opens July 6 at the Sundance Kabuki Cinemas in San Francisco. EVE & THE FIRE HORSE, a Red Storm Releasing release, runs 92 minutes, is in Cantonese and English and is not MPAA rated.
Film Synopsis:
Eve (Phoebe Jojo Kut), 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 (Vivian Wu/THE PILLOW BOOK, JOY LUCK CLUB) 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. A lyrical, lighthearted look at a young girl's spiritual experience, EVE & THE FIRE HORSE offers a wondrous yet deeply felt journey, where family life is strange, childhood lonely and religion perplexing.
Filmmaker information:
Award-winning filmmaker Julia Kwan is a writer, director and producer living in Vancouver, B.C. A second (or one and half) generation Chinese-Canadian, Kwan's Chinese immigrant parents laid down her working class roots. Her father worked as a restaurant manager and her mother folded sheets in a laundry factory. As the only one in her family to pursue a career in the arts, Kwan attended Ryerson Polytechnic University in Toronto to study film and minor in psychology. When Julia told her mother she was going to study (film) writing, her Mother misunderstood and told all her friends her daughter was studying calligraphy. After graduation, Kwan moved to San Francisco and worked as an Associate Producer, Co-writer and Actor for the film, CAUGHT IN THE CROSSFIRE (1994). It was there that she began writing the first draft of EVE & THE FIRE HORSE. Upon returning to Vancouver, Kwan produced, wrote and directed several short films, including the experimental film PRIZED POSSESSIONS (1997) and the comedy/drama 10,000 DELUSIONS (1999). EVE & THE FIRE HORSE is Julia Kwan's feature-length directorial debut. It recently screened in the 2007 San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival.
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