Loveling

Benzinho (Loveling, 2018) is a Brazilian family drama you can watch online on iFILM. Director Gustavo Pizzi cast his real-life wife Karine Teles in the lead — and their actual children play her sons on screen.

Irene lives on the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro, and her eldest is leaving soon. A few days left to count. Dinners, hugs, small errands, the kind of quiet dread that shows up in the middle of ordinary moments. Pizzi keeps the scale intimate and the emotion unforced. The film earns its Portuguese title — benzinho is a term of endearment — by showing what tenderness looks like when there's nothing left to do but feel it. Stream Loveling online on iFILM.