''Secret Fruit'' () is a 2017 Chinese coming-of-age romance film directed by ''Lien Yi-chi'' and starring Chen Feiyu and

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. It is based upon the novel of the same name by

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, who also wrote the film's screenplay. The film was released in China on July 7, 2017.

Plot

The seventeen-year-old Duan Bowen ( Chen Feiyu) lost his mother at a young age and dislikes his step mother. One day, he notices Li Er (Mi Mi), a new teacher at his school. Although Li Er has a disability in her left ear, she helps her students succeed. Duan Bowen falls in love with this young, kindhearted woman but keeps it a secret. He follows her and they meet several times on rainy days. Li Er is willing to listen to his troubles, and she invites him to her house. She tells Duan Bowen to talk about his difficulties in her left ear. As he leaves her house, he meets her fiance, a man named Zhang Yang (

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). Little does he know that his childhood playmate Yu Chizi (

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) has a crush on him. Yu Chizi also knows about his crush on Li Er. During the second year of high school, Yu Chizi finds out that her best friend Si Jiali (Zou Yuanqing) also had an encounter with Duan Bowen and finds out Si Jiali's secret. Yu Chizi takes a picture of Si Jiali and Duan Bowen hugging at a bar and posts the picture on the school talkpage. Si Jiali is reprimanded and expelled from school. To make Duan Bowen jealous, Yu Chizi kisses her friend Hengdao (Zhang Chenghang), who has a crush on her. Duan Bowen is nonplussed and confronts Yu Chizi about the picture. Yu Chizi puts on an innocent facade, and he forgives her.

Cast

* Chen Feiyu as Duan Bowen *Mi Mi as Li Er *

as Yu Chizi *Zou Yuanqing as Si Jiali *Zhang Chenghang as Hengdao *

as Zhang Yang *

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as Mother Yu *Zhang Yao as Dong Jialei

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2017 films Chinese coming-of-age films Chinese romance films Beijing Enlight Pictures films Chinese teen films 2010s coming-of-age films Films based on Chinese novels Films directed by Lien Yi-chi

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