The movie "Silence" tells the story of a murder that took place in a secret room and the emotional story between a mother and her son. At a concert, singer Wan was found lying on the floor in a dressing room backstage at the Hong Kong Cultural Center, with a young man looking at her with blood on her hands.
This man’s name is Jimmy Thomas, who has just turned eighteen and is an American citizen. Under Hong Kong law, he could be sentenced to life in prison for intentional homicide.
Jimmy’s real name is Wan Sicheng, and he is an illegitimate son who was abandoned by singer Wan many years ago. In order to make up for many years of debt, Wan asked music producer Lao Tian to confuse the court. In order to save Jimmy, Lao Tian found defense lawyer Wu Zhengwei's first love Duan Mulan as the child's defense lawyer. Jimmy was eventually found not guilty with the help of Duan Mulan, but this was not the case. In fact, Jimmy killed his mother.
The director of "Silence" shares behind-the-scenes stories
Chou is a well-known drama and musical director. He has been invited to participate in various international theater festivals many times and is also a leading figure in white-collar dramas. This time "Silence" is her first film. Zhou Ke said, "The film is inspired by real social events and has certain social significance."
Zhou Xun played the roles of a singer and a lawyer in the film, which was very brilliant. "Actually, after I finished writing the script, I handed it over to the producer, and then they said they wanted a female director, so they came to me. When I wrote the script, the Duan Mulan (the lawyer character in the movie) in my mind was Zhou Xun, and then Zhou Xun agreed without hesitation," director Zhou Ke said.