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Breaking the Silence
| Rating: | No Rating |
| Genre: | Drama |
| Release Date: | January 1, 1999 |
| Running time: | 90 minutes |
| Director: | Sun Zhou |
| Writer: | Sun Zhou |
Description: 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.~ Jonathan Crow, All Movie Guide
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