Saving Face
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 Saving Face film poster |
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| Directed by | Alice Wu |
| Produced by | Will Smith James Lassiter Teddy Zee |
| Written by | Alice Wu |
| Starring | Michelle Krusiec Joan Chen Lynn Chen |
| Music by | Anton Sanko |
| Cinematography | Harlan Bosmajian |
| Editing by | Susan Graef Sabine Hoffmann |
| Distributed by | Sony Pictures Classics |
| Release date(s) | September 12, 2004 |
| Running time | 91 minutes |
| Country |  United States |
| Language | English, Mandarin, Shanghainese |
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Saving Face is a 2004 American romantic comedy drama film directed by Alice Wu. The film focuses on Wilhemina, a young Chinese-American surgeon; her unwed, pregnant mother; and her dancer girlfriend.
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[edit] Plot
Saving Face follows Wilhemina, a young Chinese-American surgeon as she deals with her unwed mother's pregnancy, the obligations of her dancer girlfriend. Wil struggles with allocating time between her mother, who is shunned by the Chinese-American community for being pregnant and unwed and thus has come to live with Wil, and her girlfriend, Vivian, whom she presents to her mother as only a friend. At the same time, Wil's mother must decide whether the demands of her father's reputations, or the demands of her own heart, are more important.
[edit] Background
Alice Wu, who directed the movie, wrote the script several years earlier, drawing on her own experiences "coming out."[1] In 2001, the script won the CAPE screenwriting award, which led to the production of the film.
Featuring the New York Chinese-American community, the film is in a mixture of Mandarin Chinese and English.
- Tagline: It is never too late to fall in love for the first time.
[edit] Cast
- Michelle Krusiec — Wilhelmina Pang
- Lynn Chen — Vivian Shing
- Joan Chen — Ma
- Li Zhiyu — Wai Gung (grandfather)
- Shen Guanglan — Wai Po (grandmother)
- Jessica Hecht — Randi
- Ato Essandoh — Jay
- David Shih — Norman
- Brian Yang — Little Yu
- David Shih — Norman
- Nathaniel Geng — Stimson Cho
- Mao Zhao — Old Yu
[edit] External links
- Official site
- Saving Face at the Internet Movie Database
- Saving Face Blog
- AfterEllen.com Interview with Michelle Krusiec and Lynn Chen
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[edit] References
- ^ Johnson, G. Allen. "Alice Wu saved up her own doubts and struggles and turned them into the new comedy 'Saving Face'", San Francisco Chronicle, June 6, 2005. (in English)
