Young and Wild

Young and Wild (Joven y alocada, 2012) is a bold Chilean coming-of-age comedy-drama you can watch online on iFILM. Seventeen-year-old Daniela grows up inside a strict Evangelical household and secretly runs an anonymous blog about sex.

Sundays mean church and prayer; the rest of the week means a good-looking boyfriend, a crush on a girl from the TV studio where she works, and explicit posts her mother must never trace back to her. Once her parents uncover the secret, Daniela refuses to repent and instead hunts for a path that holds both faith and desire at once. Alicia Rodríguez plays her with zero shame and zero self-pity.

Marialy Rivas built her debut from a real blog, and the script picked up the World Cinema screenwriting prize at Sundance. Snappy cuts, memes and on-screen chats let the film speak in its heroine's own voice. A good pick if you like frank stories about growing up off-script. Stream Young and Wild (2012) online on iFILM.