Saving Face features two women attacked by acid and their struggle for justice and healing.[4] It follows London-based Pakistani plastic surgeon Dr. Mohammad Jawad[5][6][7] as he journeys to Pakistan to perform reconstructive surgery on survivors of acid violence.[8] Saving Face broaches the subject of the under-reporting of acid violence against women due to cultural and structural inequalities towards women from Pakistani men.[9] The Acid Survivors Foundation of Pakistan, which is featured in the film, had documented more than 100 acid attacks a year in Pakistan but estimates far more due to lack of reporting.
Obaid-Chinoy has stated that the film is "a positive story about Pakistan on two accounts: firstly, it portrays how a Pakistani-British doctor comes to treat them and it also discusses, in great depth, the parliamentâs decision to pass a bill on acid violence".[10] She has said that the film assisted in the trial and conviction of one of the perpetrators of acid violence.[11]
What country is the film about?
Pakistan