Long Life, Happiness & Prosperity
| Long Life, Happiness & Prosperity | |
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| Directed by | Mina Shum |
| Produced by |
Scott Garvie Christina Jennings Raymond Massey |
| Written by |
Dennis Foon Mina Shum |
| Starring |
Sandra Oh Valerie Tian |
| Music by | Andrew Lockington |
| Cinematography | Peter Wunstorf |
| Edited by | Alison Grace |
Production company | |
| Distributed by |
Odeon Films (Canada) Filmmovement (USA DVD) |
Release dates |
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Running time | 90 minutes |
| Country | Canada |
| Language |
English Cantonese |
Long Life, Happiness and Prosperity is a 2002 Canadian film directed by Mina Shum, starring Sandra Oh.
Synopsis
Twelve-year-old Mindy Ho (Valerie Tian) tries Taoist magic to fix her single mother's (Sandra Oh) financial situation and seemingly hopeless romantic prospects. Mindy's misdirected charms appear to cause an aging security guard to lose his job and a local butcher to win the lottery. The guard, the butcher and her mother's stories all intersect, bound together by Mindy's attempts at magical intervention. Kevin Yee plays Raymond Lee, a young boy who loses his turtle; Mindy tries to help him find the animal by using her magic.
Subtitles
The film was made in Vancouver, British Columbia.
There are lengthy passages of dialogue in Cantonese, but no English subtitles.
Cast
- Sandra Oh as Kin Ho Lum
- Valerie Tian as Mindy Lum
- Ric Young as Bing Lai
- Chang Tseng as Shuck Wong
- Russell Yuen as Alvin Ng
- Donald Fong as Nelson Zong
- Christina Ma as Ada Lai
- Alannah Ong as Tam
- Tsai Chin as Hun Ping Wong
- Colin Foo as Lee-Tai-Tai / Yeu Wong
- Kevin Yee as Raymond
- Kameron Louangxay as Peter Lai
- Benjamin Ratner as Ernie the Manager
- So Yee Shum as Lee-Tai-Tai's Customer
- Rick Tae as Cute Delivery Guy
- Mario Carotenuto as Lottery Customer
- Jasmin Dring as The Matrons
- Diana Ha as The Matrons