Saving Face

(2004)

★ 7.2 IMDb · 275 votes

Genres: Comedy, Romance, Drama

Year: 2004

Runtime: 97 мин

Country: United States of America

Director: Alice Wu

Cast: Джоан Чэнь, Michelle Krusiec, Lynn Chen, Jin Wang, Guang Lan Koh, Ато Эссандо, Nathanel Geng, Mao Zhao, Brian Yang, Louyong Wong

Plot

A Chinese-American lesbian and her traditionalist mother are reluctant to go public with secret loves that clash against cultural expectations.

In Manhattan, the brilliant Chinese-American lesbian surgeon Wil is surprised by the arrival of her forty-eight year old widow mother to her apartment. Ma was banished from Flushing, Queens, when her father discovered that she was pregnant. The presence of Ma affects the personal life of Wil, who is in love with the daughter of her boss at the hospital, the dancer Vivian Shing. Once her grandfather has promised that her mother would only return to Flushing remarried or proving that it was an immaculate conception, Wil tries to find a Chinese bachelor to marry Ma.