Saving face is a 2012 documentary film directed by sharmeen obaidchinoy and daniel junge about acid attacks on women in pakistan. I doubt anything shown on tv in the month of march will be as haunting or as oppressing as saving face, which took home the award for best documentary short at the 84th academy awards the first award given to a film from pakistan. Saving face full movie online with english subtitles free watch online saving face full movie putlocker, download saving face putlocker stream saving face movie in hd pp. Jan 14, 2019 saving face is a 2004 american romantic comedy drama film directed by alice wu. Saving face 2012 out of 4 shocking and depressing documentary taking a look at the acid attacks in pakistan, which usually happen to women and by the hands of those closest to them. Saving face, a documentary about the true cost of the deliberate disfigurement of women in pakistan, attracted worldwide attention, and not just for lifting the veil on a hitherto littleknown world.
Saving face oscar winning documentary video dailymotion. The story itself is also full of scenarios that most people can relate to regardless of their sexual orientation or race. Fullhd movie saving face 2004 fullhd movie eng sub saving face 2004 fullhd movie fullhd stream. Watch saving face online stream full movie directv. Mar 08, 2012 every year hundreds of people mostly women are attacked with acid in pakistan. The film s subject matter is touchy, but its delivery is more than commendable.
It in fact became the oscarwinning documentary film,saving face, that earned pakistan some rare good press, its directors sharmeen obaid chinoy and daniel junge international acclaim, and its characters the determinedly brave zakiya and the jovial miraclemaker dr mohammad ali jawad immense respect. Oscarrwinning documentary short about women disfigured by acid attacks in pakistan and a plastic surgeon dedicated to helping them. Saving face 2004 watch online, saving face 2004 online in hd on. Rukhsana gives birth to a boy, whom she names mohammad, and she and jawad make plans for her future surgeries. Oct 26, 20 saving face follows wilhelmina wil, a young chinese american surgeon, as she deals with her unwed mothers pregnancy, and the obligations of her dancer girlfriend vivian. It is also the most beautiful thing ive ever watched, just as full of hope as it is pain. The lead characters are likable and sweet, while not pollyannish. It is unfortunate that often documentaries are overlooked when one is considering going to the movies. Zakia ventures outside without her veil and glasses, saying that she has greater hopes for her new life. Rent saving face 2005 starring michelle krusiec and joan chen on dvd and bluray.
Michelle krusiec is a gem as wil, full of quick wit and a reserved sexuality. Its available to watch on tv, online, tablets, phone. Gynaikeies ypotheseis a romantic comedy about right, wrong and everything in between a chineseamerican lesbian and her traditionalist mother are reluctant to go public with secret loves that clash against cultural expectations. Saving face 2004 stream and watch online moviefone. Its too bad that i dont have the skill to describe the pleasure of seeing saving face. As someone who rarely gets to see themselves represented in films, saving face gave me hope and made me feel like my identities mattered. Against this backdrop, wil and vivians romance becomes secondary to wil and mas relationship. Watch saving face starring michelle krusiec in this drama on directv. The new documentary saving face is the story of two survivors of such attacks their battle for justice and their journey of healing. Pakistan acid victims try to block saving face film bbc news. Mar 11, 2012 saving face shows women in pakistan are moving ahead and fighting for justice in a maledominated society. May 24, 2015 watch saving face oscar winning pakistani documentary entertainment hd on dailymotion.
Where can i watch saving face with english subtitles. Saving face 2012 daniel junge and sharmeen obaidchinoy in saving face 2012 saving face 2012. Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing saving face near you. Saving face follows several of these survivors, their. Watch saving face 2004 full movie online free on 0123movies. Saving face oscar winning pakistani documentary film directed by sharmeen obaid chinoy.
At the saving face reunion panel at clexacon in 2017, krusiec commented on the power of the movie, being one of the few lesbian movies with a happy ending. Saving face full movie online with english subtitles free. The films subject matter is touchy, but its delivery is more than commendable. Saving face disfigurement and the politics of appearance read online. Aug 27, 2015 sharmeen obaid chinoy the oscar winning documentary saving faces. Wil michelle krusiec is a lesbian, but she not dare tell her widowed mother, hweilan joan chen, or her very traditional grandparents. A friend of mine noted that the subject of the film was never mentioned on the academy awards broadcast. It will shock you, stun you, break your heart, and raise an unfathomable anger within you. Jun 24, 2005 the production quality of the movie was quite noticeable from the start of the movie and was very good and enjoyable to watch. Watch saving face oscar winning pakistani documentary entertainment hd on dailymotion. Watch saving face, the original hbo documentary online at hbo. The film won an emmy award and the 2012 academy award for best documentary short subject, making its director, sharmeen obaidchinoy, pakistans first oscar winner.
Saving face script transcript from the screenplay andor. Saving face, which won the oscar for the best documentary in the short subject category, shows an acclaimed britishpakistani surgeon. Every year hundreds of people mostly women are attacked with acid in pakistan. Saving face follows wilhelmina wil, a young chinese american surgeon, as she deals with her unwed mothers pregnancy, and the obligations of her dancer girlfriend vivian. Saving face follows several of these survivors, their fight for justice, and a pakistani plastic surgeon who has returned to his homeland to help them restore their faces and their lives. Saving face is at once an acknowledgment of ritual and collective identity, a selfreinvention, a reclaiming of roots and resistance simultaneously. He states that he is saving his own face as well as the womens, as he is part of the society with the disease of violence. The movie weaved mandarin seamlessly throughout the script, which i enjoyed greatly.
This script is a transcript that was painstakingly transcribed using the screenplay andor viewings of saving face. Just as the pina colada song is not really about drinking, saving face is not really about asian lesbians who occasionally speak chinese. Find out where to watch, buy, and rent saving face online on moviefone. Finally, the saving face script is here for all you quotes spouting fans of the michelle krusiec and joan chen movie. Saving face follows several of these survivors, their fight for justice, and a pakistani plastic surgeon who. Lynn chen also praised alice wu for her skill at directing and commanding the set and realized that she has not had as much of a special opportunity since filming saving face. History of pakistan cities name full urdu documentary pakistani shero ke naam pakistani cities. This was the first american movie i had ever seen with a nearly all chinese characters and a chinese lesbian couple. History of pakistan cities name full urdu documentary pakistani. Winner of the academy award for best documentary short subject, saving face is a harshly realistic view of violence against women in south asia. Directed by daniel junge and pakistani filmmaker sharmeen obaidchinoy, saving face follows several survivors, and narrates the tale of their fight for justice, and a pakistani plastic surgeon who has returned to his homeland to help them restore their faces and their lives. Ma was banished from flushing, queens, when her father discovered that she was pregnant. Watch saving face, the original hbo documentary online at or stream on your own device.
Mar 08, 2012 i doubt anything shown on tv in the month of march will be as haunting or as oppressing as saving face, which took home the award for best documentary short at the 84th academy awards the first award given to a film from pakistan. This movie is much more than the elements of its plot. James gilmore chronicles the story of matt kern, whose adolescence took an abrupt turn for the worse in 1988 after an attempted theft escalated to murder, leaving him to grow into manhood from. Saving face was the first feature film from writer and director alice wu. In manhattan, the brilliant chineseamerican lesbian surgeon wil is surprised by the arrival of her fortyeight year old widow mother to her apartment. Watch saving face 2004 full movie online free 123movies. Saving face 2011 stream and watch online moviefone. Rent saving face 2005 on dvd and bluray dvd netflix. Saving face oscar winning pakistani documentary film directed by. Saving face is a terrific documentary and certainly one of the most shocking ive seen but at the same time its hard to really recommend it because of how. The codirectors of saving face, sharmeen obaid chinoy and daniel junge, shared the oscar, and chinoy is the first pakistani to ever win one. Saving face watch the hbo original documentary hbo. Saving face oscar winning pakistani documentary video.
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