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Saving Face

2004 · 97 min

A warm, witty romance about family expectations and quiet courage, balancing laughs with genuine emotional stakes.

Tagline
A romantic comedy about right, wrong and everything in between.
Overview
A Chinese-American lesbian and her traditionalist mother are reluctant to go public with secret loves that clash against cultural expectations.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • identity
  • family
  • love
  • sexuality
  • trauma
Places
  • big city
  • home
  • workplace
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour6
Realism8
Romance7
Tension4
Darkness3
Complexity5
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
comedy, romance, drama
Directed by
Alice Wu
Written by
Alice Wu
Starring
Joan Chen, Michelle Krusiec, Lynn Chen, Jin Wang, Guang Lan Koh, Ato Essandoh, Nathanel Geng, Mao Zhao
Music
Anton Sanko
Cinematography
Harlan Bosmajian
Runtime
97 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English, Mandarin

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