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Saving face
Title
Saving face / Sony Pictures Classics ; Destination Films presents ; an Overbrook Films production ; in association with Forensic Films, GreeneStreet Films ; produced by James Lassiter [and others] ; written and directed by Alice Wu.
Publication
New York, NY : Sony Pictures Classics, 2004.
Physical Description
1 online resource (98 min.)
Local Notes
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Notes
Title from resource description page (viewed December 09, 2016).
Director of photography, Harlan Bosmajian ; editors, Susan Graef, Sabine Hoffman ; music, Anton Sanko.
In English.
Won 2005 Golden Horse Film Festival, Viewer's Choice Award
Won 2005 San Diego Asian Film Festival, Visionary Award
Won 2005 San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival Audience Award, Best Narrative
Nominated 2006 GLAAD Media Awards, Outstanding Film - Limited Release
Nominated 2005 Golden Horse Film Festival, Best Leading Actress
Nominated 2005 Gotham Awards Gotham Independent Film Award, Breakthrough Director
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Summary
For 28-year old New Yorker Wilhemina "Wil" Pang (Michelle Kruisec), life is a juggling act between a promising career a surgeon and her responsibilities as a dutiful daughter. Like the #7 train she takes to visit her Chinese family on a weekly basis, Will is perpetually in transit between two worlds. The expectations of the Flushing, Queens society she is from and the desires that aleinate her from it have made Wil content to live below the surface - even if it means playing an inadvertent game of charades with her widowed mother (Joan Chen) and the old world Ma represents. The masquerade is comic even in its pain as Wil tolerates Ma's weekly set ups with eligible Chinese-American boys at the Friday Chinese socials; but it quickly becomes a farce when Ma's mask cracks first. One night, Wil comes home to find Ma on her doorstep - pregnant. Disgraced by the Chinese community, and with nowhere else to go, Ma moves in with her daughter, making it difficult for Wil to nurture a budding relationship with gorgeous dancer Vivian (Lynn Chen). As her carefully compartmentalized worlds collide, Wil is forced to find her mother a husband, placate her girlfriend, and choose between breaking a cycle of keeping up appearances, or risk losing the girl she loves. Saving Face is a romantic comedy about a daughter struggling to understand her mother's heart, which ultimately allows her to understand her own. It is the story of unspoken loves, contemporary and cultural taboos, and the journey of two women towards living their lives honestly.
Variant and related titles
ASP-AVON OCLC KB.
Format
Images / Online / Video & Film
Language
English
Added to Catalog
April 28, 2020
Credits
Director of photography, Harlan Bosmajian ; editors, Susan Graef, Sabine Hoffman ; music, Anton Sanko.
Subjects
Genre/Form
Comedy films.
Drama.
Feature films.
Feature films.
Comedy films.
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