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Film Reviews

Vol. 2 No. 1 (2006): Theology & the Political

Eve and the Fire Horse

  • Tara Kolton
DOI
https://doi.org/10.14288/cinephile.v2i1.197812
Submitted
January 27, 2023
Published
2006-03-01

Abstract

A refreshing departure from so much of the escapist fantasy of modern, mainstream children’s cinema, Eve and the Fire Horse follows a young Chinese girl’s naïve and magical romp through the tangled webs of religion (specifically Catholicism) in 1970s Vancouver. Director Julia Kwan’s debut feature offers a fresh take on religion in a multicultural society as seen through the eyes of its enthusiastic young protagonists.