Underplayed Gems

Addicted (2016)

Addicted poster
Original title
上瘾
Directed by
Ding Wei
Genre
romance film, LGBT-related television series
Country
People's Republic of China
Length
1 season, 15 episodes
Rated
TV-14
Rating
7.4 of 10 from 61 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

Two sixteen year old boys from different backgrounds fall in love. Their relationship faces pressure from society and authorities.

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What happens

Addicted (Chinese: 上瘾; pinyin: Shàngyǐn), also known as Heroin, is a 2016 Chinese streaming television series based on the boys' love novel Are You Addicted? (你丫上瘾了) by Chai Jidan. The series is about two sixteen-year-old boys, Bai Luoyin (Timmy Xu) and Gu Hai (Huang Jingyu), who fall in love despite their different backgrounds. The series premiered on January 29, 2016 and aired for three episodes weekly until February 23, 2016, when it was banned by Chinese authorities before its finale. The series developed a cult following in Asia, propelled its two leading actors to fame, and marked the official ban of LGBTQ content in mainland China’s film and television industry. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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