The Guardian
MovieTitle | Guardião |
User score | 0 |
Release date | May 1, 2025 |
Genre | Fantasy, Drama, Family |
Director | Eduardo Tosta |
Production country | Brazil |
Production companies | Camaleoa Filmes |
Budget | $50,000 |
Run time | 15 min. |
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.