Breaking the Silence

Breaking the Silence (2000)

Drama

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.

Director: Sun Zhou

Casts

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

Crew