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The Guardian (2025)
Directed by Eduardo Tosta
“A boy and his grandpa must face the life-changing consequences of a skirt.”
Fantasy, Drama, Family · 15m
After hearing about a Brazilian folklore party at the neighborhood school, Fernando, an 8-year-old child, decides to go dressed as Curupira, with a skirt and everything, and suggests it to his grandfather, Mr. Lino, 70 years old. The dynamics between grandfather and grandson begin to be affected as Lino perceives Fernando to be a different child. Through subtleties in the dialogues and the silence, social conventions and the responsibility of being the guardian-protector of something precious, the film evokes conceptions of the masculine within a queer childhood.
Cast
Carlos Betão
Luciana Souza
Crew
- Director
- Eduardo Tosta
- Writer
- Eduardo Tosta
- Director of Photography
- Mamba Negra
- Editor
- Karol Azevedo
Details
- Original title
- Guardião
- Release date
- 2025-05-01
- Runtime
- 15m
- Genres
- Fantasy, Drama, Family
- Original language
- PT
- Spoken languages
- Portuguese
- Countries
- Brazil
- Production
- Camaleoa Filmes
- Budget
- $50,000