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Breaking the Silence (2000)

1h 30m

Running Time

May 26, 2000
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Breaking the Silence (2000)

Name: Breaking the Silence
Genre: Drama
Released: 2000-05-26

1h 30m

Running Time

May 26, 2000
Release Date

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Plot.

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.

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Cast & Crew.

Gong Li

Sun Liying

Lü Liping

Lei Kesheng

Shi Jingming

Jing-ming Shi

Fang Zipin

Gao Xin

Yue Xiuqing

Qing Lin

Li Chengru

Yufeng Zhou

Yue Guan

Liu Heng

Writer

Sun Zhou

Writer / Director

Shao Xiaoli

Writer

Lü Yue

Director of Photography

Ru Zhai

Editor

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Details.

Release Date
May 26, 2000

Original Name
漂亮妈妈

Status
Released

Running Time
1h 30m

Genres
Drama

Last updated: 2025-02-10

Wiki.

Breaking the Silence (simplified Chinese: 漂亮妈妈; traditional Chinese: 漂亮媽媽; pinyin: Piàoliang māma; lit. 'pretty mother') is a 2000 Chinese film directed by Sun Zhou. It was China's submission to the 73rd Academy Awards for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, but was not accepted as a nominee.

Breaking the Silence stars the internationally known Gong Li as a single mother who struggles to raise her deaf child. The film premiered internationally at the 2000 Berlin International Film Festival.

The film was one of three films voted Best Picture in the 2001 Hundred Flowers Awards.