Season 21

Young Hearts (Malhação, 1995), Season 21 — a Brazilian teen drama you can watch online on iFILM, 241 episodes long. The show is a daily novela that started back in the mid-nineties, and every run gathers a fresh class of teenagers around its stories.

The 2013 season keeps the formula. School, first crushes, fights with parents, the question of what to do after graduation. It moves at the unhurried daily-serial pace, one short episode at a time, and stays close to its young cast. Light in tone, occasionally funny, never mocking the feelings it puts on screen.

Who it's for: viewers who like long, warm coming-of-age serials and don't mind streaming all episodes in order. Watch Young Hearts Season 21 online on iFILM.