Sometimes your body knows what you really want

In the past, most of the films involving same-sex themes ended in tragedy. The far away is like Butterfly, and the near is like Brokeback Mountain. It is bitter, haha, miserable. Depressed and dull, people who watch it want to commit suicide. It is rare to see such a film as SAVING FACE A warm, lighthearted and humorous gay film. Three women in one play could not be better to describe this film. The 48-year-old widowed mother was mysteriously pregnant and was kicked out of the house by her serious and conservative grandfather, so she had to hide in her daughter's house. The surgeon's daughter, Vivian, is gay and falls in love with VIVIAN, a beautiful and confident dancer. These deviant behaviors that go against the traditional Chinese ethics are like a bomb in the traditional Chinese society. The three aunts and six grandmothers in Chinatown pretentiously put themselves in the position of moral arbitration, flying short and long with high spirits. In order to maintain the so-called face. My grandfather forced my mother to marry someone she didn't love; my daughter broke up with her beloved girlfriend for the sake of her mother's face. The mother didn't have the courage to say who the child's father was. She would rather use soap operas and porn to calm her inner turmoil. Daughter Wei is capable and free at work, but she is hesitant and weak in the face of her own feelings, far less than VIVIAN dares to face her own heart. Just as VIVIAN said to her when she broke up with WIL at the airport; you are too timid, too Cowardly, I dare not look at the world and let it witness your love. You abandoned your armor and fled without winning it.
Of course, the ending of the story was happy. The daughter finally revealed her lover and bravely fought for her own happiness. Under the encouragement of her, she bravely took a step to fight for her own happiness. For the first time, she went against her father's will, happily became a runaway bride, and lived for herself. This is the beginning of her independence, and it is also the Subversion of traditional oriental values.. The problem faced by this mother and daughter is the same, how to muster the courage to face their own happiness, they need the courage to choose their own happiness, but also the courage to face the violation of traditional values.
So, I thought it was not so much Face is a gay film rather than a family ethics film. Homosexuality is just a gimmick. Of course, in the propaganda in mainland China, Chen Chong is naturally a weight, so the words that hit us the most are Chen Chong Acting in lesbian movies. However, the lesbian has nothing to do with Chen Chong at all, she is just the mother in the movie. Perhaps the film itself, under the cover of homosexuality, conceals changes in times and concepts, and deconstructs human nature with a lighthearted and humorous mood.

What I love the most is the countless, calm and wonderful dialogues in the play. It is humorous and accurate to express the identity and situation of the characters. Wei's neighbor, Jay, a black man, went to Wei's apartment for dinner, drizzled a pile of soy sauce on the meal, and Mom said, "I have to eat less, so as not to eat the food in my stomach. The baby is dyed black..." "You should eat less, you will have spots on your face!" As he said, he moved the soy sauce to Jie's side, "Anyway, it's too late for him". Jie didn't understand what the mother and daughter were saying. In addition to saying "Thanks!" to his mother in English, he also added "Let's keep her!" Interesting and entertaining. There are also things like "I worked so hard to bring you up alone, how can you treat me like this." Isn't it the language most Chinese children are most familiar with? "Menopause is an American invention." Shows the psychology of rejecting American culture. "But she at least married a doctor." Nakedly showing the realism of Chinese doctors and lawyers. "When the child is born, I will be here every day, and follow you mother and daughter. I don't know how the child will be polluted!" It fully demonstrated the stubbornness of the grandfather.
Finally borrow a line from the movie "Sometimes your body knows what you really want." As the end. Yes, what is the face? Knowing what you really want and having the courage to face it is the most important thing.

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