Abstract:

Chinese superstar Gong Li won Best Actress honors at the Montreal World Film Festival for her excellent performance in this drama of domestic struggles in contemporary China. She plays a mother trying to raise and educate her hearing-impaired child after her husband loses his job. When her son's hearing aid is destroyed, the mother must try legal and illegal efforts to earn enough money to purchase a replacement. With Gao Xin, Shi Jingming, Guan Yue.