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      Breaking the Silence

      2001 1h 31m Drama List
      Reviews 92% 250+ Ratings Audience Score A woman (Gong Li) struggles to provide for her hearing-impaired son (Gao Xin) after her cabby husband divorces her. Read More Read Less

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      Audience Member Ignoring all other factors, you should watch this film purely for Gong Li's performance. A truly phenomenal actress. Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 01/28/23 Full Review Audience Member A sweet and touching film about a deaf boy and his mom. Gong Li is brilliant as ever. All the characters is so genuin and so well played. Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 01/29/23 Full Review Audience Member Beautiful, touching, loving family drama. A mother teaches a deaf and dumb child to speak. The child is learning through strict discpline, but this is because the mother wants the child to be 'normal', sent to a normal school, be seen as a normal kid, have normal friends and be respected, and not seen as 'handicapped'. He conquers his problem by practicing more than a thousand times. He is able to speak but poorly, yet he tries. It is really an excent story. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/21/23 Full Review Audience Member A simple indie film starring the ever stunning chinese beauty Gong Li, in a very humble role of a divorcee mum, trying to teach her son who has hearing problems. I very simple yet endearing film which I had the privilege of watching. Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 01/23/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Movie Info

      Synopsis A woman (Gong Li) struggles to provide for her hearing-impaired son (Gao Xin) after her cabby husband divorces her.
      Director
      Sun Zhou
      Producer
      Sun Zhou, Sun Mian
      Screenwriter
      Liu Heng, Sun Zhou, Shao Xiaoli
      Production Co
      Miramax
      Genre
      Drama
      Original Language
      Chinese
      Runtime
      1h 31m