Breaking the Silence
2000 · 90 min
Drama
★ 7.0Gong Li stars in this low-key drama about a single mother who will do anything to provide for her son. Sun Liying (Li) struggles to care for her hearing-impaired child Zheng Da (Gao Xin) after her taxi driver husband divorces her. After Zheng Da gets his hearing aid smashed in a fight with classmates, Sun Liying sets out to raise 5,000 yuan (a small fortune) to buy him a replacement. A friend helps her set up an unauthorized bookstall, which soon gets raided by the police. Later she splits her time delivering newspapers and cleaning house for a rich businessman. This film was screened at the 2000 Berlin Film Festival.
Crew
- Director Sun Zhou
- Writer Liu Heng
- Writer Sun Zhou
- Writer Shao Xiaoli
- Director of Photography Lü Yue
Cast
Crew
- Director — Sun Zhou
- Writer — Liu Heng
- Writer — Sun Zhou
- Writer — Shao Xiaoli
- Director of Photography — Lü Yue
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