Breaking the SilenceMovie
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.
About Breaking the Silence
Breaking the Silence is a 2000 drama movie directed by Sun Zhou.
The production information lists a runtime of 1h 30m, production credits from China, an original language code of ZH.
The credited cast includes Gong Li, Lü Liping, Lei Kesheng, Shi Jingming. The synopsis above summarizes the central premise without adding details beyond the available title information.
