Benjamin

Benjamin (2019) is a British romantic comedy you can watch online on iFILM, written and directed by Simon Amstell. Colin Morgan plays a reserved London filmmaker on the brink of his festival premiere — anxious about the film, more anxious about the French musician named Noah he just met.

Benjamin is the kind of person who's better at avoiding intimacy than at naming it. Noah, played by Phénix Brossard, arrives like a gentle disruption. Joel Fry is the best friend who's watched this pattern long enough to see what's actually happening. The film is funny in a quietly defeated way, and it's accurate about the specific shape of someone who keeps love at arm's length without quite meaning to.

Small in scope, precise in feeling. Stream Benjamin online on iFILM.