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7.3A Chinese-American lesbian and her traditionalist mother are reluctant to go public with secret loves that clash against cultural expectations.
Released: 2004-09-1297 minDir: Alice WuComedy, Romance, DramaBudget: $2.5MBox office: $1.2M
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Cast
- Joan Chen as Ma
- Michelle Krusiec as Wil
- Lynn Chen as Vivian
- Jin Wang as Grandpa
- Guang Lan Koh as Grandma
- Ato Essandoh as Jay
Themes
- coming out
- homophobia
- chinese woman
- lesbian relationship
- cultural difference
- dating
- lgbt
- chinese american
- cultural conflict
- woman director
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Ratings
IMDb
7.4/10
14,898 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
88%
Metacritic
65/100
- Year
- 2004
- Runtime
- 91 min
- Genres
- Comedy, Drama, Romance
- Rated
- R
- Awards
- 3 wins & 3 nominations total
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- LGBTQ-related film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Director
- Alice Wu
- Screenwriter
- Alice Wu
- Cast member
- Jessica Hecht
- Composer
- Anton Sanko
- Production company
- Destination Films
- Narrative location
- New York City
- Duration
- 93
- FilmAffinity ID
- 818463
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Official website
- www.sonyclassics.com/savingface
Show 5 more facts
- publication date
- 2004-01-01
- title
- Saving Face
- distributed by
- Netflix
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- review score
- 65/100
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