Breaking the Silence

Breaking the Silence (2000)


  • Genre: Drama
  • Release Date: 2000-05-26
  • User Rating: 6.4/10 from 5 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 30min
  • Language: 普通话
  • Production Country: China
  • Director: Sun Zhou
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Summary

Gong 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.

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  • Gong Li

    as Sun Liying

  • Lü Liping

    as

  • Lei Kesheng

    as

  • Shi Jingming

    as

  • Gao Xin

    as

  • Yue Xiuqing

    as

  • Qing Lin

    as

  • Li Chengru

    as

  • Yufeng Zhou

    as

  • Yue Guan

    as
Writing Liu Heng Writer
Writing Sun Zhou Writer
Writing Shao Xiaoli Writer
Directing Sun Zhou Director
Camera Lü Yue Director of Photography

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