Breaking the Silence

Overview

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.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

May 26, 2000

Original language

Chinese

Spoken languages

Chinese

Countries

China

Cast

Lei Kesheng,Yufeng Zhou,Lü Liping,Yue Xiuqing,Shi Jingming,Gao Xin,Li Chengru,Qing Lin,Yue Guan,Gong Li

Director

Sun Zhou

Writer

Shao Xiaoli,Liu Heng,Sun Zhou

Cinematography

Lü Yue

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0236598