Breaking the Silence
2000, Chinese. Directed by Sun Zhou.
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.
- Runtime
- 1h 30m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Chinese
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- Released
- 26 May 2000
- Original title
- 漂亮妈妈
- Country
- China
- Written by
- Liu Heng, Sun Zhou, Shao Xiaoli
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Breaking the Silence runs 90 minutes (1h 30m).
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Breaking the Silence isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 26 May 2000. (Checked 9 November 2026.)
What movies are like Breaking the Silence?
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Who directed Breaking the Silence?
Breaking the Silence (2000) was directed by Sun Zhou and stars Gong Li, Lü Liping, Lei Kesheng.