A Sad and Beautiful World vs Saving Face
A Sad and Beautiful World has the higher audience score (8/10 against 7.3/10 for Saving Face). Saving Face is the shorter watch at 1h 37m compared with 1h 50m. Saving Face is the older of the two (2004 against 2025). Both are comedy, drama, romance movies, so they suit a similar mood.
A Sad and Beautiful World
Saving Face| A Sad and Beautiful World | Saving Face | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 8.0/10 | ★ 7.3/10 |
| Year | 2025 | 2004 |
| Length | 1h 50m | 1h 37m |
| Genres | Comedy, Drama, Romance | Comedy, Drama, Romance |
| Country | Lebanon | – |
| Director | Cyril Aris | Alice Wu |
| Main cast | Camille Salameh, Julia Kassar, Mounia Akl, Hasan Akil, Tino Karam | Jessica Hecht, Joan Chen, Ato Essandoh, Michelle Krusiec, Lynn Chen |
Synopsis
A Sad and Beautiful World
In this sweeping love story that spans three decades of passion, heartbreak, and hope, Nino and Yasmina find themselves drawn together by a magnetic relationship. As they face an impossible choice between love and survival, they must decide if they want to build a family and chart a path to happiness in Lebanon, despite the tragedies ravaging the country.
Saving Face
A Chinese-American lesbian and her traditionalist mother are reluctant to go public with secret loves that clash against cultural expectations.
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