Breaking the Silence

Name: Breaking the Silence
Director: Sun Zhou
Released: 2000
Duration: 90 min
Rating: 6.9
Cast: Gong Li, Xin Gao, Jingming Shi, Yue Guan, Xiuqing Yue

2000 · 90 MIN · IMDB 6.9 · 487 VOTES · DIR. Sun Zhou

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.

Dialogue Timeline — 1,161 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:00:30 Cui

00:05:37 Who's Zhen da's mother?

00:08:44 U?

00:13:01 He was my son

00:17:30 Here comes a teacher from the school

00:20:15 Say Goodbye to Mr.Fang

00:24:03 I must teach Zhen Da know how to speak

00:27:16 Zhen Da let's go

00:30:03 Time wasn't long

00:32:10 It's my house and my warehouse

00:35:00 hua

00:37:23 Zhen Da say goodbye to Mr.Fang

00:41:20 After i read this

00:44:14 Yellow

00:48:37 go to high school

00:51:47 come here.

00:56:12 dead,bleed

01:01:11 Hello

01:03:33 I have to go

01:09:13 It is good to you.

01:14:04 I know.

01:18:25 Read it.

01:23:17 put it on

01:27:58 He would be better than me.

Cast & Characters

Gong Li Sun Liying Xin Gao Zheng Da Jingming Shi Fang Zipin Yue Guan Zheng Peidong Xiuqing Yue Da He Chengru Li Jia Liping Lü Jiao Kesheng Lei Newspaper Station Manager Qing Lin Mrs. Luo Yufeng Zhou Yanzi

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed1,161

Dialogue density12.9 lines / min

First line00:00:30

Final line01:27:58

Production Record

DirectorSun Zhou

LanguageChinese

IMDb votes487