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Saving Face (2005)
7.4
R
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Duration: 97min
Country: US
Original Language: en
Director: Alice Wu
Plot: Will, a Chinese-American physician, declines his mother's invitations to blind dates and marriage. Her 48-year-old widowed mother visited her one day at her apartment. It comes out that her single mother is expecting a child, but she is reluctant to identify the father. Grandpa expelled her. Will's personal life is impacted by her mother's presence, and her lesbian identity is about to come to light. Everyone has their knot to tie and is unsure of when to let it go.
Cast: Joan Chen, Michelle Krusiec, Lynn Chen, Jin Wang, Guang Lan Koh
Keywords: woman director, lgbt, lesbian couple, homophobia, coming out, dating, cultural difference, chinese american, chinese woman, cultural conflict
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4.4
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Shrek (2001)
7.9
PG
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7.1
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Genre: Comedy
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Whale Rider (2003)
7.5
PG-13
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Duration: 101min
Country: NZ
Plot: The Wangara people live on the east coast of New Zealand, believing their ancestor Paikea escaped a crashed canoe by landing on the back of a whale and that they had lived there for at least a thousand years. Henceforth, Wangara leaders were regarded as the direct descendants of Paikaia, as they were consistently the oldest male sons. A patriarchal tribe in New Zealand has an 11-year-old girl named Pai who feels she will one day take the helm as their new chief.
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