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Smile to Life

2022 · 1 season

A tender, slow-burning romance that aches with quiet sadness, balancing bright moments of joy against the weight of a terminal illness.

Genres
Drama
Overview
Xu Duo Cheng is a young girl full of joy and life. No one knows that there's a shadow behind her smile: she actually suffers from the ALS disease, which means she won't have long to live and will eventually slowly but surely end up paralyzed. Due to that, Duo Cheng does her best to enjoy the rest of her days to the fullest. But things becomes difficult when she meets the handsome, young musician Jiang Nan who falls for her. Will she give in to her heart or will she walk away from him to protect him from the pain?
How it feels
Melancholic, romantic, warm and earnest. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
About
Grief, love, death, music
Content
Mild sexual content. No violence, gore or swearing.
Note
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How it feels

Written by AI. It can be wrong.

Full breakdown
Tone
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour3
Realism7
Romance7
Tension4
Darkness6
Complexity4
Emotional weight8

Cast

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Details

Genres
drama
Starring
Chang Zhekuan, Mao Na, He Wenxiao, 林申, Wang Quiang
Length
1 seasons, 24 episodes, 40 min each
Network
Youku
Country
China
Languages
Mandarin

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