Afire vs Cousins
Cousins has the higher audience score (7.7/10 against 6.8/10 for Afire). Cousins is the shorter watch at 1h 23m compared with 1h 43m. Cousins is the older of the two (2019 against 2023). Both are comedy, drama, romance movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Afire
Cousins| Afire | Cousins | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.8/10 | ★ 7.7/10 |
| Year | 2023 | 2019 |
| Length | 1h 43m | 1h 23m |
| Genres | Comedy, Drama, Romance | Comedy, Drama, Romance |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Christian Petzold | Mauro Carvalho, Thiago Cazado |
| Main cast | Paula Beer, Thomas Schubert, Enno Trebs, Langston Uibel, Matthias Brandt | Thiago Cazado, Paulo Sousa, Juliana Zancanaro, Denis Camargo, Eduarda Esteves |
Synopsis
Afire
Self-important author Leon joins his best friend on a summer holiday near the Baltic Sea to complete his novel. When they arrive, they find their house is already occupied by a carefree woman who challenges Leon to open up. Meanwhile, forest wildfires rage around them and impending disaster looms.
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…