Saving Face
– A Chinese-American lesbian and her traditionalist mother are reluctant to go public with secret love..
A Chinese-American lesbian and her traditionalist mother are reluctant to go public with secret loves that clash against cultural expectations.
24 Jun 2005
English, Mandarin, Shanghainese
Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian. Contains some adult material. Parents are urged to learn more about the film before taking their young children with them.
Alice Wu
Alice Wu
Michelle Krusiec, Joan Chen, Lynn Chen, Jin Wang
In Manhattan, the brilliant Chinese-American lesbian surgeon Wil is surprised by the arrival of her forty-eight year old widow mother to her apartment. Ma was banished from Flushing, Queens, when her father discovered that she was pregnant. The presence of Ma affects the personal life of Wil, who is in love with the daughter of her boss at the hospital, the dancer Vivian Shing. Once her grandfather has promised that her mother would only return to Flushing remarried or proving that it was an immaculate conception, Wil tries to find a Chinese bachelor to marry Ma.
3 wins & 3 nominations.
$1,000,385
Sony Pictures Classics