Hidden Away

Hidden Away (A escondidas, 2014) is a Spanish coming-of-age drama by director Mikel Rueda — watch online on iFILM. Ibrahim and Rafa are fourteen and live in the same town, one the son of immigrants, one a local kid with a settled life. On paper, their paths would not cross.

Then they do — and what follows is the kind of first love that does not get to be straightforward. There is no ready language for what they feel, and nowhere safe to take it. Germán Alcarazu and Adil Koukouh carry the film quietly; Rueda keeps the camera close and the story stripped of melodrama. Ninety-six minutes, no wasted scenes, and the restraint is exactly the point. Stream Hidden Away online on iFILM.