2000
6.4 (5 votes)
1h 30m
Genres
Drama
Breaking the Silence (漂亮妈妈)
Overview
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.
Key Crew
Writer: Liu Heng, Sun Zhou, Shao Xiaoli
Director: Sun Zhou
Director of Photography: Lü Yue
Top Cast
Gong Li
Sun Liying
Lü Liping
Lei Kesheng
Shi Jingming
Gao Xin
Yue Xiuqing
Qing Lin
