Cousins vs Volver
Cousins has the higher audience score (7.7/10 against 7.5/10 for Volver). Cousins is the shorter watch at 1h 23m compared with 2h 1m. Volver is the older of the two (2006 against 2019). Both are comedy, drama, romance movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Cousins
Volver| Cousins | Volver | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.7/10 | ★ 7.5/10 |
| Year | 2019 | 2006 |
| Length | 1h 23m | 2h 1m |
| Genres | Comedy, Drama, Romance | Comedy, Drama, Romance |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Mauro Carvalho, Thiago Cazado | Pedro Almodóvar |
| Main cast | Thiago Cazado, Paulo Sousa, Juliana Zancanaro, Denis Camargo, Eduarda Esteves | Carmen Maura, Penélope Cruz, María Alfonsa Rosso, Chus Lampreave, Antonio de la Torre |
Synopsis
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…
Volver
Raimunda, a working-class woman living in Madrid, is dealing with the aftermath of a fire that killed her parents in her native village in La Mancha. Raimunda's life is further complicated when her deceased mother, Irene, returns as a ghost to resolve unfinished family business, including a murder and other buried truths.