Underplayed Gems

Love Actually... Sucks! (2011)

Love Actually... Sucks! poster
Original title
愛很爛
Directed by
Scud
Genre
LGBTQ-related film
Country
People's Republic of China
Runtime
1h 23m
Rated
NR
Rating
4.5 of 10 from 24 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

This film follows multiple couples and individuals in Hong Kong whose lives and desires intersect in messy ways. It portrays love and sex that go against social norms, showing characters grappling with jealousy, loneliness, and forbidden attraction.

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What happens

Love Actually... Sucks! (Chinese: 愛很爛) is a 2011 Hong Kong film directed by Scud. The film's title is a humorous wordplay on the 2003 romantic comedy film Love Actually, as it deals with similar complicated and interconnected relationships. It was released at the 47th Chicago International Film Festival, in October 2011. It explores several themes traditionally regarded as 'taboo' in Hong Kong society, in an unusually open, convention-defying way, featuring frequent full-frontal male and female nudity. It is the fourth of seven publicly released films by Scud. The six other films are: City Without Baseball in 2008, Permanent Residence in 2009, Amphetamine in 2010, Voyage in 2013, Utopians in 2015 and Thirty Years of Adonis in 2017. The eighth film, Apostles, was made in 2022, as was the ninth, Bodyshop. The tenth and final film, Naked Nations: Hong Kong Tribe, was made in 2024. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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