The Guardian

The Guardian (2025)

A boy and his grandpa must face the life-changing consequences of a skirt.

  • Genre: Fantasy, Drama, Family
  • Release Date: 2025-05-01
  • Runtime: 0h 15min
  • Language: Português
  • Production Company: Camaleoa Filmes
  • Production Country: Brazil
  • Director: Eduardo Tosta

Summary

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.

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  • Carlos Betão

    as Lino
  • João Pedro Magalhães

    as Fernando
  • Luciana Souza

    as Terezinha
  • Luka

    as Luka (Voice)
Writing Eduardo Tosta Writer
Directing Eduardo Tosta Director
Art Angela Carballal Art Direction
Production Marcos Alexandre Executive Producer
Camera Mamba Negra Director of Photography
Directing Clara Ballena Assistant Director
Crew Isadora Mesquita Production Artist
Production Margarete Jesus Production Supervisor
Production Isadora Fletcher Line Producer
Costume & Make-Up Clarissa Ribeiro Costume Designer
Costume & Make-Up Pammella Sant'Ana Makeup & Hair
Editing Dariely Belke Color Grading
Editing Karol Azevedo Editor
Production Vilma Carla Martins Consulting Producer
Production Gabriela Correia Assistant Production Coordinator
Production Isadora Mesquita Casting Assistant
Production Tainah Paes Casting
Sound Luka Songs

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