Saving Face

Here's a film aware of its own cultural specificity. Wil, a young surgeon, hides her sexuality from her widowed mother, who has just been ousted from her own parents' home after becoming pregnant. Eventually, both women's secrets are revealed. It might just change a few hearts and minds.

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Alice Wu directed Saving Face in 2004. See Alice Wu's full filmography, where to start with Alice Wu, or where to go after you've seen everything by Alice Wu.

Saving Face was released in 2004 (EN original-language production), with a runtime of 97 minutes.