Cousins

Cousins (Primos, 2019) is a Brazilian coming-of-age drama with a comic streak, and you can watch it online on iFILM. Young Lucas lives with his devout aunt in a quiet town until his cousin Mario shows up — fresh out of prison.

Lucas's tidy routine — church gatherings at his aunt's place, hymns on the keyboard, the house rules — comes apart the moment loose, easygoing Mario moves in. The two could hardly be more different, and at first it all plays out as friction. The longer they share a roof, though, the clearer an attraction neither of them saw coming becomes.

Directors Mauro Carvalho and Thiago Cazado, who also plays Mario, made a sunny, light-footed queer romance where humor takes the edge off first-love awkwardness. At a brisk 84 minutes, it keeps the tenderness and skips the melodrama. Stream Cousins (2019) online on iFILM.