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Cousin

2025 · 24 min

A quiet, observant slice of life that captures a child's inner shift with tenderness and a touch of unease.

Directed by: Alejandro Jato
Genres: Family
Starring: Xurxo Cuquejo, Brais Sixto, Melania Cruz

Overview: Antón travels to his grandparents’ village to receive his first communion. There, while celebrating this special day with his family, a new way of seeing the world around him begins to take shape within him, leading to an experience that will forever mark the course of his life, as an individual, as a cousin, and as a child of God.

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Directed by: Alejandro Jato
Genres: Family
Starring: Xurxo Cuquejo, Brais Sixto, Melania Cruz

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Tone: warmstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: coming-of-age
identity
family
faith
sexuality
Places: countryside
home
Era: contemporary
Audience: teen
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex mild

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Action	1
Horror	1
Humour	3
Realism	8
Romance	3
Tension	4
Darkness	4
Complexity	6
Emotional weight	7

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Genres: family
Directed by: Alejandro Jato
Written by: Alejandro Jato
Starring: Xurxo Cuquejo, Brais Sixto, Melania Cruz, Denís Gómez, Susana Sampedro, Alba Blanco, Machi Salgado
Cinematography: Alicia Francés
Runtime: 24 min
Country: Spain
Languages: Spanish

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