Breaking the Silence (7.0)

Film · 2000 · 1 h 30 min · Drammatico

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.

Regia: Sun Zhou

Con 巩俐, 吕丽萍, Lei Kesheng, 施京明, Gao Xin, 岳秀清, Qing Lin, 李成儒, Yufeng Zhou, Yue Guan

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