| Long Life, Happiness & Prosperity | |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| Editing by | Alison Grace |
| Studio | Chum Television |
| Distributed by | Film Movement |
| Running time | 90 min (Toronto International Film Festival) |
| Country | Canada |
| Language | English and Cantonese |
Long Life, Happiness and Prosperity is a 2002 English and Cantonese film starring Sandra Oh.
Contents |
Twelve-year-old Mindy Ho (Valerie Tian) tries Taoist magic to fix her single mother's (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.
The film was made in Vancouver, British Columbia.
There are lengthy passages of dialogue in Cantonese, but no English subtitles.