Guardian (The)

"A new reimagined queer folktale."

During the call for a Brazilian folklore party at the neighborhood school, Fernando, an 8-year-old child, suggests to his grandfather, Mr. Lino, 70 years old, to go dressed as Curupira, with a skirt and everything. The dynamics between grandfather and grandson begin to be affected as Lino perceives Fernando as a different child. Through subtleties in dialogues and 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.

Lino é avô solo de um menino de 8 anos. Suas responsabilidades mudam de rumo quando, para uma festa de folclore brasileiro na escolinha, o neto decide ir fantasiado de Curupira, com saia e tudo.

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