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''Saving Face'' revolves around the 29 year old Chinese-American surgeon Wilhelmina. Wil's life is shaken up when her mother ([[Joan Chen]]) moves in with her and it is also revealed that Wil's mother is pregnant by an unknown father. Wil also gets a new love in her life with another Chinese-American girl Vivian. To complicate things, Wil is trying to keep the [[Secret Relationship|relationship secret]]. The question is how can Wil handle and balance these new factors in her life? {{spoiler|The answer is, not at all. She screws up everything, especially her own relationship with Vivian
This film is a [[Lesbian Romance|lesbian]] [[Romantic Comedy]] released in 2004. Directed and written by Alice Wu, the work is a lighthearted take on family and relationships as well as how people present themselves to others.
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=== ''Saving Face'' provides examples of: ===
* [[Anguished Declaration of Love]]:
* [[Bilingual Dialogue]]: Around 40% of the film is in Mandarin.
* [[Black Best Friend]]: Jay.
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* [[Law of Inverse Fertility]]
* [[Lesbian Romance]]
* [[Likes Older Women]]:
* [[Lipstick Lesbian]]
* [[Looking for Love In All the Wrong Places]]: Wil's mom's dating montage.
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* [[Race For Your Love]]
* [[Romantic Comedy]]
* [[Runaway Bride]]:
* [[Secret Relationship]]
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