A gay Chinese-American and her traditionalist mother are reluctant to go public with secret loves that clash against cultural expectations.
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- ArnioxSeptember 25, 2026This is absolutely lovely film. It's sweet, it's romantic, and grounded, and funny. And its just an amazing culturally beautiful film. I will say near the end the emotional feeling of the film is all over the palace. But I love the characters, the overall story, even the very uniquely way of filming. It's one of the only films I've seen that had credits at the start like in olden days, AND at the end. And a post credit scene, which I thought was a modern idea. And even the montages and cuts from one scene to the other on a dialogue beat. Like again in older classic films, and even cartoons.
- James SaenzApril 12, 2026“one billion chinese people, two degrees of separation.“
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Saving Face was released on September 12, 2004.
Saving Face was directed by Alice Wu.
Saving Face has a runtime of 1h 37m.
Saving Face was produced by James Lassiter, Teddy Zee, Will Smith.
A gay Chinese-American and her traditionalist mother are reluctant to go public with secret loves that clash against cultural expectations.
The key characters in Saving Face are Ma (Joan Chen), Wil (Michelle Krusiec), Vivian (Lynn Chen).
Saving Face is rated R.
Saving Face is a Drama, Comedy, Romance film.
Saving Face has an audience rating of 8.8 out of 10.
Saving Face had a budget of $2.5M.
Saving Face has made $1.2M at the box office.