| | Saving Face DVD (2 Customer Reviews)
| Category | Dramas DVDs, Comedies Movies, New York City Videos, Doctors | | Starring | Joan Chen, Michelle Krusiec, Jessica Hecht, Lynn Chen, Ato Essandoh, Guang Lan Koh, David Shih, Jin Wang | | Director | Alice Wu | | Composer | Anton Sanko | | Director of Photography | Harlan Bosmajian | | Executive Producer | Teddy Zee, Scott Macauley | | Producer | Will Smith, James Lassiter, John Penotti, Robin O'Hara | | Screenwriter | Alice Wu |
When a young woman's pregnant unmarried mother moves into her apartment, she does what any dutiful child with an expectant widow on her hands would do; whe sets her up with every bachelor in town. Joan Chen, Lynn Chen, and Michelle Krusiec star. Extras include commentary with director Alice Wu, deleted scenes, Sundance diary, and featurette. Writer-director Alice Wu's debut film is a heartwarming and heartbreaking romantic comedy about family, tradition, and changing times. Michelle Krusiec gives an outstanding performance as Wilhelmina, a doctor in a Manhattan hospital who returns to Flushing's Chinatown every Friday night to participate in her extended family's weekly dance mixer. While her mother (TWIN PEAKS's Joan Chen) and the other women try to set her up with eligible bachelors, Wil falls for Vivian (Lynn Chen), a beautiful young dancer who feels the attraction as well. As the two women contemplate a possible relationship, Wil's mother, who is nearing fifty, reveals she is pregnant, but she will not tell anyone who the father is. Wil's grandfather (Jin Wang) disowns his daughter for the shame she is bringing the family--he feels he has "lost face" in the community--forcing Wil to take in her mother and care for her in a reversal of generational roles and responsibility. But just as her mother remains secretive of who the father of her baby is, Wil keeps her lesbianism a secret as well. SAVING FACE, which played the Toronto and Sundance Film Festivals, is an endearing film, with likable characters in unique, believable situations that are both funny and moving. Krusiec and Lynn Chen are a charming couple, and Joan Chen is stoically wonderful as an Asian-American woman representing the bridge between the old traditions and the new Chinese youth culture. The soundtrack features a pair of songs by Marc Anthony Thompson, aka Chocolate Genius, as well as Cat Power and Leona Naess. Theatrical Release: June 24, 2005 (Limited) Saving Face Reviews: 3 stars out of 4 -- "SAVING FACE neatly sidesteps convention."
-- Sara Brady, Premiere "[Ms. Wu] loves and understands her characters, especially the thorny and tradition-bound old folks, and her fondness for them bathes SAVING FACE in a palpable glow of affection."-- Stephen Holden, New York Times "[P]leasant....A study in multigenerational guilt-tripping."
-- Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly
This is the only Guang Lan Koh video. Stars also making their debut in this video: David Shih, Jin Wang, Alice Wu. Saving Face | List Price | $14.94 (You save $5.15) | | Studio | Sony Pictures Home Entertainment | | Orig Year | 2005 | | All Time Sales Rank |  12660  | | CD Universe Part number | 6938727 | | Catalog number | 03525 | | Discs | 1 | | Release Date | Oct 18, 2005 | | Rating | Not Rated | | Running Time | 97 Minutes | | Additional Info | Widescreen; Dubbed; Subtitled | | Movie Details | Color; Digitally Processed; Widescreen; Dubbed; Subtitled |
Saving Face DVD Anamorphic Widescreen -
1.85
Audio:
(unspecified) - French
Dolby Digital 5.1 - English
DSS - English
Subtitles - English - Closed Captioning
Subtitles - English, French - Optional
Additional Release Material:
Audio Commentary: Alice Wu - Director
Deleted Scenes with Optional Commentary
Trailers: Sony Pictures Previews
Behind the Scenes:
1. SAVING FACE Featurette
2. Sundance Diary Featurette
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