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Cousins

2019 1h 23m
Comedy Romance Drama
MOVIEVIBE Rating
7.7/10
365 reviews
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Cousins

Lucas is a young man who lives with his religious aunt Lourdes in a quiet country town. He helps his aunt by holding religious meetings with the ladies of the area, in the living room, playing biblical songs on the keyboard. This quiet life will end as soon as the charitable aunt communicates the arrival of another nephew, Mario, just out of jail. The clash of reality between the cousins ends up causing unusual situations, and an unexpected attraction among the boys.

Top Billed Cast

Thiago Cazado
Thiago Cazado
Mário
Paulo Sousa
Paulo Sousa
Lucas
Juliana Zancanaro
Juliana Zancanaro
Lourdes
Denis Camargo
Denis Camargo
Emílio
Eduarda Esteves
Eduarda Esteves
Júlia
Carmem Lutcha
Carmem Lutcha
Sonia
Elenita Pessoa
Elenita Pessoa
Ana Rosita
Ana Rosita

Detailed Critic & Audience Reviews

C CinemaSerf Verified TMDB Critic
2025-10-10

This is really quite an enjoyable little story of a young lad "Lucas" (Paulo Sousa) who lives with his aunt. When his wayward cousin "Mario" (writer/co-director Thiago Cazado) comes to stay with them after a spell in jail the boys hit it off in an unexpected manner; one that the devoutly religious, and particularly naive "Auntie Lourdes" doesn't clock - or does she? It's kind and romantic - there are no angry or intolerant overtones; just a gentle consideration of the reconciliation of Catholic values and gay life with a bit of added mischief from the put-out "Julia" (Duda Esteves) who has lon...

K kinrich30 Verified TMDB Critic
2026-08-30

This was an excellent movie and well worth watching. The story is of a more reserved guy living his religious aunt when she announces that troubled cousin is coming to stay with them for a while before she has to leave for a few days. The cousin, who is very much an extrovert arrives and shakes up the world of the nephew and in time a relationship develops that turns physical. No, they aren't first cousins - the exact kinship is never fully revealed, but from what is said you would have to assume that they were second cousins, or perhaps more distantly related than that. In time their se...