Saving Face (2004 film)

Saving Face
Saving Face film poster
Directed byAlice Wu
Written byAlice Wu
Produced byWill Smith
James Lassiter
Teddy Zee
StarringMichelle Krusiec
Joan Chen
Lynn Chen
CinematographyHarlan Bosmajian
Edited bySusan Graef
Sabine Hoffmann
Music byAnton Sanko
Production
companies
Destination Films
Overbrook Entertainment
Forensic Films
GreeneStreet Films
Distributed bySony Pictures Classics
Release dates
  • September 12, 2004 (2004-09-12) (TIFF)
  • May 27, 2005 (2005-05-27) (U.S.)
Running time
91 minutes
CountryUnited States
Languages
  • English
  • Mandarin
  • Shanghainese

Saving Face is a 2004 American romantic comedy-drama film directed by Alice Wu, in her feature-length debut. The film focuses on Wilhelmina, a young Chinese American surgeon; her unwed, pregnant mother; and her dancer girlfriend. It was the first Hollywood movie that centered on Chinese Americans since The Joy Luck Club (1993).

The name itself is a reference to the pan-East Asian social concept of face.