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Director's commentary; Biographies; Enhanced for widescreen TV (16x9); This month's short film: Tjebbo Penning's Friday Night Fever; Long Life, Happiness and Prosperity trailer; Highlights from the 2003 Film Movement Series
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1. Start [10:29]
2. Yellow God Frowns [4:54]
3. Bing's Secret [5:58]
4. The Lottery [7:17]
5. Lost Turtle [6:10]
6. Alvin and Lilly [8:23]
7. Love Potion [9:04]
8. Brother's News [4:48]
9. My Own Path [13:24]
10. The Four Elements [13:05]
11. Yellow God Smiles [3:33]
12. End Credits [4:31]
Director Mina Shum re-teams with the lead actress behind her breakthrough debut film Double Happiness in this magic-realist romantic comedy. Long Life, Happiness and Prosperity stars Sandra Oh as Kin Ho, a lonely single mom living in Vancouver with her impish 12-year-old daughter, Mindy (Valerie Tian). Mindy stumbles across a corner magic store while traipsing through Chinatown one day, and begins to believe that spells and potions are the perfect means for improving her mother's life. Her purchases not achieving the desired results, Mindy resorts to more serious schemes, courtesy of a fortune teller. After a few botched efforts -- which result in good fortune for a neighborhood butcher and terrible luck for a security guard -- Mindy sets herself to the task of finding her mother a mate in the form of Alvin (Russell Yuen), a co-worker of Kin's who has long admired her from afar. Long Life, Happiness and Prosperity premiered at the 2002 Toronto Film Festival. Michael Hastings, All Movie Guide