Saving Face on 35mm
Director: Alice Wu Run Time: 97 min. Format: 35mm Film Rating: R Release Year: 2005
Starring: Guang Lan Koh, Jin Wang, Joan Chen, Lynn Chen, Michelle Krusiec
Screenwriter: Alice Wu
Producers: James Lassiter, Will Smith, Teddy Zee
Vidiots, CAPE, Queer Asian Social Club and PAC Arts are excited to welcome writer/director Alice Wu and actors Lynn Chen and Michelle Krusiec for a screening of her queer rom com Saving Face in honor of its 20th Anniversary and the release of the new Criterion Blu-Ray.
An irresistible queer rom com that crosses boundaries and generations, Alice Wu’s Saving Face revitalizes an age-old genre with heart, passion, and humor. Just as Wil (Michelle Krusiec), a harried young surgical resident, begins a promising romance with the flirtatious dancer Vivian (Lynn Chen), her life is turned upside down when her more traditional Chinese mother (Joan Chen)—unwed and unexpectedly pregnant—moves in with her, forcing both women to confront the generational and cultural barriers that have long troubled their relationship. Both embracing and cleverly subverting rom-com conventions, Wu delivers a bighearted ode to the Chinese American diaspora, and the liberating joy of living one’s truth. Join us as we rediscover this endearing classic on the big screen!
