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The Guardian (2025) [G]

Release Date:
May 1, 2025

Original Title:
Guardião

Alternate Titles:
GUARDIÁN
Gardien
Guardián
The Guardian

Genres:
Drama | Family | Fantasy

Production Companies:
Camaleoa Filmes

Production Countries:
Brazil

Ratings / Certifications:
US: G 

Runtime: 15

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

Overview from TheMovieDB

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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Production

Art Direction:
Angela Carballal

Assistant Director:
Clara Ballena

Assistant Production Coordinator:
Gabriela Correia

Casting:
Tainah Paes

Casting Assistant:
Isadora Mesquita

Color Grading:
Dariely Belke

Consulting Producer:
Vilma Carla Martins

Costume Designer:
Clarissa Ribeiro

Director:
Eduardo Tosta

Director of Photography:
Mamba Negra

Editor:
Karol Azevedo

Executive Producer:
Marcos Alexandre

Line Producer:
Isadora Fletcher

Makeup & Hair:
Pammella Sant'Ana

Production Artist:
Isadora Mesquita

Production Supervisor:
Margarete Jesus

Songs:
Luka

Writer:
Eduardo Tosta

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