Saving Face (US Version) DVD Region 1

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.

"[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 Critic), New York Times, 05/27/2005

"[P]leasant....A study in multigenerational guilt-tripping." - Owen, Gleiberman (Entertainment Weekly Critic), Entertainment Weekly, 06/03/2005

3 stars out of 4 -- "SAVING FACE neatly sidesteps convention." - Sara, Brady (Premiere Critic), Premiere, 12/01/2005

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Product Title:	Saving Face (US Version) Saving Face (US Version) Saving Face (US Version) Saving Face (US Version) Saving Face (US Version)
Artist Name(s):	WANG JIN (Actor) | Joan Chen (Actor) | Ato Essandoh (Actor) | Michelle Krusiec (Actor) | Guang Lan Koh (Actor) | David Shih (Actor) | Lynn Chen (Actor) | Charles Ireland (Actor) | Will Smith | Jason Kliot | Robert Salerno 王錦 (Actor) | Joan Chen (Actor) | Ato Essandoh (Actor) | 楊雅慧 (Actor) | Guang Lan Koh (Actor) | David Shih (Actor) | Lynn Chen (Actor) | Charles Ireland (Actor) | 韋 史密夫 | Jason Kliot | Robert Salerno 王锦 (Actor) | Joan Chen (Actor) | Ato Essandoh (Actor) | Michelle Krusiec (Actor) | Guang Lan Koh (Actor) | David Shih (Actor) | Lynn Chen (Actor) | Charles Ireland (Actor) | 韦 史密夫 | Jason Kliot | Robert Salerno WANG JIN (Actor) | Ｊｏａｎ Ｃｈｅｎ (Actor) | Ａｔｏ Ｅｓｓａｎｄｏｈ (Actor) | Michelle Krusiec (Actor) | Guang Lan Koh (Actor) | David Shih (Actor) | Lynn Chen (Actor) | Charles Ireland (Actor) | ウィル・スミス | Jason Kliot | Robert Salerno WANG JIN (Actor) | Joan Chen (Actor) | Ato Essandoh (Actor) | Michelle Krusiec (Actor) | Guang Lan Koh (Actor) | David Shih (Actor) | Lynn Chen (Actor) | Charles Ireland (Actor) | Will Smith | Jason Kliot | Robert Salerno
Director:	Alice Wu Alice Wu Alice Wu Alice Wu Alice Wu
Producer:	Cary Woods | Willow Smith Cary Woods | Willow Smith Cary Woods | Willow Smith Cary Woods | Willow Smith Cary Woods | Willow Smith
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Release Date:	2005-10-18
UPC Code:	043396035256
Language:	French
Subtitles:	English, French
Country of Origin:	United States
Picture Format:	NTSC What is it?
Color Information:	Color
Disc Format(s):	DVD
Region Code:	1 - USA, Canada, U.S. Territories What is it?
Rating:	Not Rated
Publisher:	Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Package Weight:	104 (g)
Shipment Unit:	1 What is it?
YesAsia Catalog No.:	1004396855

Director: Alice Wu

DVD Features:

Anamorphic - 1.85
Audio:
Dolby Digital 5.1 - English
DSS - English
(unspecified) - French
Subtitles - English - Closed Captioning
Subtitles - English, French - Optional
Additional Release Material:
Audio Commentary - Alice Wu - Director
Behind-the-Scenes - 1. SAVING FACE Featurette
2. Sundance Diary Featurette
Deleted Scenes with Optional Commentary
Trailers - Sony Pictures Previews