Double Happiness movie storyline. Twenty-two year old Chinese-Canadian Jade Li (Sandra Oh) comes from a traditional Chinese family, who try to put on the perfect public persona at all cost so as to “save face”. One primary part of this persona is prosperity.
Jade’s father hopes that true financial prosperity will become reality through penny stocks. Because of its instability, Jade’s parents don’t understand or widely publicize Jade’s aspirations to be an actress. Their main want for Jade is to date and marry a nice Chinese boy, a goal for which Jade’s extended family also strives as they are always trying to introduce her to Chinese boys.
They believe that *the* boy is Andrew, with whom Jade even agrees to go out. But Jade, beyond wanting to be an actress, wishes her family had more western sensibilities. She is attracted to a slightly awkward but persistent Caucasian English graduate student named Mark. Jade has to figure out how to both please her family, who would not approve of her dating a Caucasian, and be true to herself.
Double Happiness is a 1994 Canadian drama film directed by Mina Shum, co-produced by the National Film Board of Canada. The film stars Sandra Oh as Jade Li, an actress struggling to assert her independence from the expectations of her Chinese Canadian family. Callum Keith Rennie also stars as Mark, Jade’s love interest. Sandra Oh received critical acclaim for her performance,[3][4] and won the Genie Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role for the film.
Double Happiness (1995)
Directed by: Mina Shum
Starring: Sandra Oh, Stephen Chang, Alannah Ong, Donald Fong, Claudette Carracedo, Frances You, Callum Keith Rennie, Johnny Mah, Lesley Ewen, Estelle Coppens
Screenplay by: Mina Shum
Production Design by: Michael Bjornson
Cinematography by: Peter Wunstorf
Film Editing by: Alison Grace
Costume Design by: Cynthia Ann Summers
Set Decoration by: François Milly
Art Direction by: Candice Dickens, Jill Haras
Music by: Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet, Mina Shum, Harley McCanley
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for one scene of sexuality and brief strong language.
Distributed by: Fine Line Features
Release Date: July 28, 1995
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