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DOUBLE HAPPINESS

Year: 1994
Country: Canada
Run Time: 96 minutes

"I grew up wondering why we could never be like the Brady Bunch," muses Jade Li. Well, if Mike and Carol Brady had been tradition-bound Hong Kong immigrants who drilled their children in Cantonese language and customs even after 20 years of living in Vancouver, if Greg had been completely disowned for daring to defy his parents, if Marcia, Jan and Cindy were forbidden to move out of the house until they had married nice Chinese boys, the the Lis and the Bradys would be very similar bunches indeed. Now Jade, the eldest daughter, wants to be an actree, a career considered scandalous by Mr. Li, and secretly dates an Anglo boy, Mark-a relationship considered unthinkable. How far can the heroine push the brittle limits in her restrictive household? Mina Shum's warm and sincere feature stir-fries the poignancy of "The Joy Luck Club" with the comic angst of Woody Allen, serving up a cross-cultural comedy-drama flavored with personalities you won't want to leave behind. And when was the last time the Brady's had to consult a fen shwei occulist over how to position a new TV so evil spirits don't infest the couch?

Screenplay
Mina Shum

Director
Mina Shum

Producer
Steve Hegyes, Rose Lam Waddell

Cinematography
Peter Wunstorf

Editing
Allison Grace

Principal Cast
Sandra Oh, Stephen Chang, Allanah Ong, Frances You

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DOUBLE HAPPINESS