Face

Face (2002)

Losing face, finding soul.

Genie, a Chinese-American teenager, develops feelings for a charming African-American DJ, but her grandmother forbids their romance forcing Genie to choose between family and love.

Date of release
2002-01-12
TMDB
5.3 / 10 (3)
Runtime
1h 29m
Genres
Drama
Director
Bertha Bay-Sa Pan

Casting

Interesting facts

Face is a 2002 drama film directed by Bertha Bay Sa Pan and co-written by Pan and Oren Moverman. It stars Bai Ling, Kristy Wu, Kieu Chinh, Treach, Ken Leung, Will Yun Lee, and Tina Chen. The film follows the multigenerational arc of three Chinese-American women.

Production

Face began as an acclaimed short film by Bertha Bay-Sa Pan when she was a student at Columbia University’s Graduate Film School. The short went on to play at dozens of film festivals all over the world and was honored with the Polo Ralph Lauren Award for Best Screenplay at Columbia. The film also brought Pan the Director’s Guild Award for Best Asian American Student Filmmaker in 1997.

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