Film

Breaking the Silence

2000 · 1h 30m · Drama

IMDb

6.9

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.

Gong Li

Sun Liying

Lü Liping

Lei Kesheng

Shi Jingming

Gao Xin

Yue Xiuqing

Qing Lin

Li Chengru

Yufeng Zhou

Yue Guan

• Sun ZhouWriter · Director
• Liu HengWriter
• Shao XiaoliWriter
• Lü YueDirector of Photography

Release date

May 26, 2000

Status

Released

Original language

Chinese

Runtime

1h 30m

Genres

Drama