Chéri vs Cousins
Cousins has the higher audience score (7.7/10 against 6.1/10 for Chéri). Cousins is the shorter watch at 1h 23m compared with 1h 26m. Chéri is the older of the two (2009 against 2019). Both are comedy, drama, romance movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Chéri
Cousins| Chéri | Cousins | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.1/10 | ★ 7.7/10 |
| Year | 2009 | 2019 |
| Length | 1h 26m | 1h 23m |
| Genres | Comedy, Drama, Romance | Comedy, Drama, Romance |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Stephen Frears | Mauro Carvalho, Thiago Cazado |
| Main cast | Tom Burke, Toby Kebbell, Kathy Bates, Iben Hjejle, Michelle Pfeiffer | Thiago Cazado, Paulo Sousa, Juliana Zancanaro, Denis Camargo, Eduarda Esteves |
Synopsis
Chéri
The son of a courtesan retreats into a fantasy world after being forced to end his relationship with the older woman who educated him in the ways of love.
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…