Heated Rivalry
Type: Sentimental-sports saga
Cast: Connor Storrie and Hudson Williams
Not just Portobello. On the HBO Max platform, which recently landed in Italy, it is possible to choose from many other TV series; among these, it is worth mentioning Heated Rivalrya Canadian product that has marked a cult phenomenon in the North American world thanks also to intense word of mouth on social media.
Shane Hollander and Russian Ilya Rozanov are two ice hockey playersthe most prominent of their respective teams, deeply rivals of each other. Despite the rivalry, a crescendo of attraction develops between the two which turns into a tormented, complicated but passionate story.
Connor Storrie (Ilya Rozanov) and Hudson Williams (Shane Hollander) in Heated Rivalry. (Sabrina Lantos/HBO Max)
The series is inspired by a series of novels by Rachel Reid (titled Game Changers), transformed into an audiovisual success by the Canadian platform Crave and then made available all over the world. As often happens in TV series set in the sporting universe, this is a pretext to address complex issues, a necessary setting with its implications of competition, rivalry, victories and defeats.
Heated Rivalry also helps to open a reflection on the theme ofhomosexuality in sport and the difficulty of coming out.
For those who love stories in which sport encourages the development of delicate issues in society.
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