Breaking the Silence
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
00:05:20 Zhen Pei Dong
00:08:39 If u want i can help u find one new
00:11:56 if i can't
00:17:17 go and play~
00:19:54 I wanna go to school
00:23:44 louder guan
00:26:18 How much this one?
00:29:39 Like it?
00:31:50 Sun Li Ying
00:34:28 green
00:36:52 Let he in
00:39:21 Thank you
00:43:40 Buy for you
00:46:19 Our class beauty
00:50:44 You just do your job
00:53:02 It is too expensive to bought a new one
00:57:33 listen to me
01:02:15 I cann't give hime a dad
01:07:34 thank you
01:11:45 I just take Zhengda home.
01:16:29 I go to living room.
01:20:35 I go.
01:24:48 Ma
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed1,161
Dialogue density12.9 lines / min
First line00:00:30
Final line01:24:48
Production Record
DirectorSun Zhou
LanguageChinese
IMDb votes487