![Breaking the Silence](https://i3.wp.com/image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/6Uf3Gw96gyLC4DAa1UMsEE5m5cI.jpg)
Plot
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.
Writer | Liu Heng |
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Director | Sun Zhou |
Actor | Gong Li, Lü Liping, Lei Kesheng |
Country | China |
Production | N/A |