An Asian-American woman and her mother both find their private lives are becoming a family matter in this romantic comedy-drama. Wilhelmina Pang (Michelle Krusiec) is a surgeon living in Manhattan whose mother (Joan Chen) is eager for her to settle down with a nice man and get married. What Ma doesn't know is that Wilhelmina happens to be a lesbian -- or rather, Ma prefers not to acknowledge it, since she once walked in on Wilhelmina and her girlfriend several years before. As it happens, Wilhelmina is looking for someone special in her life, and thinks she may have found her in Vivian (Lynn Chen), a beautiful dancer, but a fear of commitment and a desire to keep her medical career on track is making their relationship problematic. As Wilhelmina tries to get her love life in order, her mother's shifts into crisis mode. Ma, a 48-year-old widow, has just discovered she's pregnant, and her staunchly traditional father (Li Zhiyu) will not allow her back into the home they share until she's married someone respectable. Unwilling to name the father of her baby, Ma is forced to move in with Wilhelmina, and while enduring the emotional roller coaster of pregnancy she is being pressured by friends and relatives to marry Cho (Nathaniel Geng), a sweet but boring man she doesn't especially like. Saving Face was the first feature film from writer and director Alice Wu. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
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Theatrical Feature Running Time: 97 mins Complete Cast: Michelle Krusiec - Wilhelmina Pang Lynn Chen - Vivian Lu Shen Guanglan - Wai Po Ato Essandoh - Jay Brian Yang - Little Yu Mao Zhao - Old Yu Clare Sum - Mrs. Wong Lu Yue - Stoic Date Christy Qin - Nurse at Clinic Connie Hsia - Mrs. Chen Brittany Perrineau - Dara Nan Meng - Mother at Clinic Chloe Tsang - 8-Year Old Chinese Girl Tina Johnson - Nurse #2 Pamela-Payton Wright - Dr. Morgan Paul Sum - Mr. Wong Hoon Lee - Raymond Wong Saidah Arrika Ekulona - Nurse #1 Joan Chen - Ma Li Zhiyu - Wai Gung Jessica Hecht - Randi David Shih - Norman Nathaniel Geng - Stimson Cho Luoyong Wang - Dr. Liu Qian Luo - Mrs. Liu Ruth Zhang - Mrs. Yao Guang Lan Koh - Wai Po (Grandma) Jamie Guan - Mr. Yao Fang Yulin - Wart Date Rosa Luo - Cho Sister #1 Phillip Meng - Mambo Date Twinkle Burke - Hospital Receptionist Xiaofeng Zang - Mr. Fu Jackson Ning - Mr. Chen Jin Wang - Wai Gung (Grandpa) Richard Chang - Stephen
Director(s):Alice Wu Writer(s):Alice Wu Producer(s):Teddy Zee, James Lassiter, Will Smith Theatrical MPAA Rating: R(Adult Situations) Categories:Romance, ComedyClosed Captioning:Check All Versions Subtitles:Check All Versions
Format: DVD Release Date: 10/18/2005 MPAA Rating: R Running Time: 97 min Number of Discs: 1 Language: Eng/Fre SubTitles: Eng/Fre Closed Caption View special edition featuresView special edition featuresLimited Edition Features: cc Deleted scenes with optional commentary Director audio commentary Behind-the-scenes featurette Sundance diary
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