Breaking the Silence

(2000)

★ 7 IMDb · 6 votes

Genres: Drama

Year: 2000

Runtime: 90 мин

Country: China

Director: Sun Zhou

Cast: Гун Ли, 吕丽萍, Lei Kesheng, 施京明, Gao Xin, 岳秀清, Qing Lin, 李成儒, Yufeng Zhou, Yue Guan

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.