Brief summary of the film’s plot (Wil, a young Chinese-American surgeon, her closeted mother Hwei-Lan, and her dancer girlfriend Vivian). State your thesis: e.g., “Saving Face uses the dual coming-out narratives of mother and daughter to critique traditional Confucian values within the diaspora, arguing that personal happiness requires breaking the cycle of shame and secrecy.”

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: Director Alice Wu originally wrote the script as a way to give her own mother a happy ending, wanting her to know it’s never too late to fall in love for the first time. Nuanced Representation