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- Alice Wu's sharp first feature brings together many relationship concerns. Though Saving Face includes a few typical romantic comedic elements -- the supportive next-door neighbor, gossipy community ladies, a grumpy grandfather, and mistaken identities -- it also stands out as a rare Asian American film that centers around lesbian leads.
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Parents need to know that Saving Face is director Alice Wu's romantic dramedy that focuses on the love story between surgeon Wilhelmina (Michelle Krusiec) and dancer Vivian (Lynn Chen) in New York City. Complex Chinese American women are at the center of the film, each demonstrating great courage.
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Saving Face is beautiful take on a complicated...
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A landmark feel-good lesbian rom-com turned Asian American family drama, all from first-time feature filmmakers
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- Alice Wu, Female Director
Saving Face is a funny film by written and directed by first time director: Alice Wu. It is about a widow (Joan Chen) who is in her late-40's and has a daughter who is a surgeon. She tries to set up her daughter at these Chinese dances that happen once a week but the daughter is not interested.
Wil (Michelle Krusiec) is a lesbian, but she not dare tell her widowed mother, Hwei-lan (Joan Chen), or her very traditional grandparents. She's shocked, however, to find out she's not the only ...
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Saving Face is a 2004 American romantic comedy-drama film directed by Alice Wu, in her feature-length debut. [2] The film focuses on Wilhelmina, a young Chinese American surgeon; her unwed, pregnant mother; and her dancer girlfriend. It was the first Hollywood movie that centered on Chinese Americans since The Joy Luck Club (1993). [3]
May 27, 2005 · Saving Face centers on two women who need to get something out of their systems. One of them, a young Chinese woman surgeon, who is coming to terms with her sexual orientation of being a lesbian and desperately wants to tell her mother of her bias, but fears not for her reaction, but for her already deteriorating level of confidence and ...
May 4, 2022 · One Good Thing. Saving Face is a delightful queer rom-com — and a love letter to Asian moms. The 2004 film, directed by Alice Wu, attempts to give equal weight to the foibles and fantasies of...
