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Breaking the Silence is a chinois film of genre Drama directed by Sun Zhou with Gong Li

Breaking the Silence (2000)

Piàoliang māma

Breaking the Silence
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Length 1h30
Directed by
OriginChine
Genres Drama
Rating68% 3.4378753.4378753.4378753.4378753.437875

Breaking the Silence (simplified Chinese: 漂亮妈妈; traditional Chinese: 漂亮媽媽; pinyin: Piāoliàng māma; literally "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.

Synopsis

Une mère célibataire lutte pour élever son enfant sourd et pour lui faire entrer à l'école malgré les autorités chinoises.

Actors

Gong Li

(Sun Liying)Lü Liping

(Jiao)
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