Juggling her chinese clan, gay lover, pregnant mom the. The production quality of the movie was quite noticeable from the start of the movie and was very good and enjoyable to watch. Saving face is a good film about a complicated intergenerational family. Saving face follows wilhelmina wil, a young chinese american surgeon, as she deals with her unwed mothers pregnancy, and the. It has a clear affection for that community, and how the people. Guarda saving face parte2 lovingyouforever su dailymotion. Saving face signifies a desireor defines a strategyto avoid humiliation or embarrassment, to maintain dignity or preserve reputation. Released 2004, saving face stars michelle krusiec, joan chen, lynn chen, jessica hecht the r movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 36 min, and received a score of 65 out of 100 on metacritic. Saving face disfigurement and the politics of appearance read online. By andrea thompson 2004s saving face is a good film, and it almost makes you cry for the greatness it could have achieved. It was the first hollywood movie that centered on chineseamericans since the joy luck club 1993 the name itself is a reference to the paneast asian social concept.
I was not sure what to expect from a movie that i was seeing at a film festival. Saving face was the first feature film from writer and director alice wu. Watch saving face 2004 full movie online free on 0123movies. I wouldnt label it as an asian movie or lesbian movie. Michelle krusiec breasts scene in saving face aznude. Saving face, a 2004 american romantic comedy drama, named in reference to the sociological concept. The film focuses on wilhelmina, a young chineseamerican surgeon. For 28yearold new yorker wilhelmina wil pang michelle krusiec, life is a juggling act between a promising career as a surgeon and her responsibilities as a dutiful daughter. Pang michelle krusiec, life is a juggling act between a promising career as a surgeon and her responsibilities as a dutiful daughter. A chineseamerican surgeon, living in manhattan, is shocked when her single mother shows up on her doorstep pregnant.
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Alice wu film, forensic films, greenestreet films, overbrook entertainment. Saving face 2004 stream and watch online moviefone. Saving face er bedre film utskilt av med a beskrivelse av filmen er a chineseamerican lesbian and her traditionalist mother are reluctant to go public with secret loves that clash against cultural expectations. Alice wu talks her saving face followup, charming the half of it. May 27, 2005 but in alice wus amiable romantic comedy, saving face, which examines the lives of three generations of chineseamericans living in new york, it is a love affair between two young, attractive.
The name itself is a reference to the paneast asian social concept of face. Its one of the only films that revolves around queer people of color, and in an immigrant community no less. Saving face follows wilhelmina wil, a young chinese american surgeon, as she deals with her unwed mothers pregnancy, and the obligations of her dancer girlfriend vivian. Jan 14, 2019 saving face is a 2004 american romantic comedy drama film directed by alice wu. Plastic surgeon helps victims of acid violence in pakistan.
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Director alice wu who after making this film in 2004, has gone on to do nothing since makes the welcomed change to shift saving face into the morals and dilemmas of remaining culturally devoted despite being an enormous outcast. In manhattan, the brilliant chineseamerican lesbian surgeon wil is surprised by the arrival of her fortyeight year old widow mother to her apartment. Saving face 2004 watch online, saving face 2004 online in hd on. Saving face debuting writerdirector alice wus romantic comedydrama is a warmly observed charmer about a chineseamerican lesbian and. Jan 27, 2018 sometimes theyre unfairly forgotten or buried by the larger public on the face value of their surface details, as seemed to be the case with black, lesbian political metacomedy the watermelon woman. The movie weaved mandarin seamlessly throughout the script, which i enjoyed greatly. The heartwarming film saving face 2004, from chinese american writerdirector alice wu, shows the contrast between traditional chinese society and anythinggoes american culture. Saving face is a 2004 american romantic comedy drama film directed by alice wu.
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This script is a transcript that was painstakingly transcribed using the screenplay andor viewings of saving face. Juggling her chinese clan, gay lover, pregnant mom the new. Apr 09, 2012 guarda saving face parte2 lovingyouforever su dailymotion. The heiresses hela streama film hd undertexter svensk 2018. I know, i know, i still need to get the cast names in there and ill be eternally tweaking it, so if you have any corrections, feel free to drop me a line. Saving face is a film directed by alice wu with joan chen, michelle krusiec, lynn chen, jessica hecht, year.
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