Trivia for
Saving Face (2004) More at IMDbPro »

• The scene in the video shop with Joan Chen features a shot of the video for The Last Emperor (1987). Chen starred in that movie.
  
  
• In 2001, this script won the CAPE (Coalition of Asian Pacifics in Entertainment) screenwriting award. It was inspired by Alice Wu's own experiences coming out as a gay woman. That win led to the script being produced.
  
  
• The picture of Vivian as a child in Dr. Shing's office is actually a photograph of Joan Chen's daughter.
  
  
• Director Cameo: The woman eating an apple on the bus is Alice Wu.
  
  
• Ma is 48 years old. When she and Wil go to the clinic, Ma's number in the waiting room is also 48.
  
  
• In Wil's supper scene with her "soya" dark neighbor, her khaki t-shirt reads (backwards) "forces canadiennes", French for "Canadian Armed Forces"
  
  

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