Saving Face vs What We Wanted to Be
What We Wanted to Be has the higher audience score (7.8/10 against 7.3/10 for Saving Face). What We Wanted to Be is the shorter watch at 1h 24m compared with 1h 37m. Saving Face is the older of the two (2004 against 2024). Both are comedy, drama, romance movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Saving Face
What We Wanted to Be| Saving Face | What We Wanted to Be | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.3/10 | ★ 7.8/10 |
| Year | 2004 | 2024 |
| Length | 1h 37m | 1h 24m |
| Genres | Comedy, Drama, Romance | Comedy, Drama, Romance |
| Country | – | Argentina |
| Director | Alice Wu | Alejandro Agresti |
| Main cast | Jessica Hecht, Joan Chen, Ato Essandoh, Michelle Krusiec, Lynn Chen | Eleonora Wexler, Luis Rubio, Antonio Agresti, Carlos Gorosito |
Synopsis
Saving Face
A Chinese-American lesbian and her traditionalist mother are reluctant to go public with secret loves that clash against cultural expectations.
What We Wanted to Be
An impossible love story that begins outside a movie theater, continues in a café and could end with the two protagonists together… if real life wasn’t much more complicated than the movies. United by their love of cinema, these two main characters decide to live the lives they dreamed of and not the lives they are destined to live. In a series of encounters, imagination triumphs over reality and everyday reality takes a back seat.
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