Saving Face (2004 film)

Saving Face
Saving Face film poster
Directed byAlice Wu
Written byAlice Wu
Produced byWill Smith
James Lassiter
Teddy Zee
StarringMichelle Krusiec
Joan Chen
Lynn Chen
CinematographyHarlan Bosmajian
Edited bySusan Graef
Sabine Hoffmann
Music byAnton Sanko
Production
companies
Distributed bySony Pictures Classics
Release date
  • September 12, 2004 (2004-09-12)
Running time
91 minutes
CountryUnited States
Languages
  • English
  • Mandarin
  • Shanghainese

Saving Face is a 2004 American romantic comedy-drama film directed by Alice Wu, in her feature-length debut.[2] The film focuses on Wilhelmina, a young Chinese American surgeon; her unwed, pregnant mother; and her dancer girlfriend. It was the first Hollywood movie that centered on Chinese Americans since The Joy Luck Club (1993).[3]

The name itself is a reference to the pan-East Asian social concept of face.

  1. ^ a b c "Saving Face (2004)". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. Retrieved July 28, 2021.
  2. ^ Ferraro, Michael (September 29, 2005). "Saving Face with Alice Wu". Film Threat. Retrieved March 2, 2020.
  3. ^ Leibowitz, Ed (May 29, 2005). "Kissing Vivian Shing". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved March 2, 2020.