Saving Face

A sobering yet hopeful documentary that bears witness to suffering and resilience, balancing painful testimony with the quiet determination to heal and seek justice.

Directed by

Daniel Junge, Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy

Genres

Crime, Documentary

Starring

Sarkar Abbas, Mohammad Jawad

Tagline

A journey to heal. A fight for justice.

Overview

Every year hundreds of people - mostly women - are attacked with acid in Pakistan. Follow several of these survivors, their fight for justice, and a Pakistani plastic surgeon who has returned to his homeland to help them restore their faces and their lives.

How it feels

Earnest, bleak, tense and uplifting. Measured and needs your attention.

About

Justice, survival, trauma, gender

Content

Mild violence, gore and language. No sexual content.

Note

Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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