Saving Face

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film romantic comedy-drama film

"Saving Face" is a 2004 romantic comedy-drama film directed by Alice Wu that explores intergenerational and cultural tensions within a Chinese American community through the story of a closeted lesbian surgeon and her traditional mother.

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Saving Face canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf film ⓘ
romantic comedy-drama film ⓘ
basedOn original screenplay by Alice Wu ⓘ
castMember Joan Chen ⓘ
Lynn Chen ⓘ
Michelle Krusiec ⓘ
cinematographyBy Harlan Bosmajian ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
criticalReception generally positive reviews ⓘ
director Alice Wu ⓘ
distributor Sony Pictures Classics ⓘ
editedBy Susan Graef ⓘ
featuresCharacter closeted lesbian surgeon ⓘ
traditional Chinese mother ⓘ
filmingLocation New York City ⓘ
genre drama film ⓘ
romantic comedy ⓘ
hasTitleLanguage Chinese ⓘ
English ⓘ
language English ⓘ
Mandarin Chinese ⓘ
LGBTTheme lesbian romance ⓘ
mainCharacter Gao Hwei-Lan ⓘ
Vivian Shing ⓘ
Wilhelmina "Wil" Pang ⓘ
medium feature film ⓘ
musicBy Anton Sanko ⓘ
narrativeFocus Chinese American community ⓘ
cultural expectations ⓘ
intergenerational conflict ⓘ
lesbian relationship ⓘ
notableFor Asian American lesbian representation in mainstream cinema ⓘ
premiereEvent Toronto International Film Festival ⓘ
producer Jada Pinkett Smith ⓘ
James Lassiter ⓘ
Will Smith ⓘ
productionCompany Sony Pictures Classics ⓘ
releaseDateUS 2005-05-27 ⓘ
releaseYear 2004 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes 91 ⓘ
screenwriter Alice Wu ⓘ
setting Flushing ⓘ
surface form: Flushing, Queens

New York City ⓘ
targetAudience independent film audiences ⓘ
theme coming out ⓘ
family obligation ⓘ
sexual identity ⓘ
tradition versus modernity ⓘ

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Chinese American cinema → notableFilm → Saving Face ⓘ
Alice Wu → notableWork → Saving Face ⓘ
Alice Wu → hasWork → Saving Face ⓘ