Breaking the Silence

Year: 2000

Runtime: 90 mins

Language: Chinese

Director: Sun Zhou

Drama

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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