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Breaking the Silence (2000) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 2000 · 90 mins · Chinese
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- Directed by
- Sun Zhou
- Starring
- Lei Kesheng, Lü Liping, Gao Xin, Gong Li, Li Chengru, Shi Jingming
Gong Li plays Sun Liying, a single mother caring for her hearing‑impaired son Zheng Da. When his hearing aid is broken in a school fight, she tries to raise 5,000 yuan for a replacement, first by running a bookstall that is raided, then by delivering newspapers and cleaning a businessman’s house. The drama screened at the 2000 Berlin Film Festival.
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