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Long Life, Happiness and Prosperity is a canadien film of genre Drama directed by Mina Shum released in USA on 7 september 2002 with Sandra Oh
Long Life, Happiness and Prosperity (2002)
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Add to a movie listLong Life, Happiness and Prosperity is a 2002 Canadian film directed by Mina Shum, starring Sandra Oh.
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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.Actors
Sandra Oh
(Kim Ho Lum)
Valerie Tian
(Mindy Lum)
Ric Young
(Bing Lai)
Tseng Chang
(Shuck Wong)
Tsai Chin
(Hun Ping Wong)
Mario Carotenuto
(Lottery Customer)
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