Released:
2000-05-26

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.

Director:
Sun Zhou

Runtime:
1h 30min

Genre:
Drama

• Cast:
• 
  Gong Li
  as
  Sun Liying
• 
  Lü Liping
• 
  Lei Kesheng
• 
  Shi Jingming
• 
  Gao Xin