Gugu’s World

Caught between a magical upbringing with his grandmother Dilma and an uncertain future, eleven-year-old Gugu plays soccer fabulously—glitter and all. But when Dilma’s Alzheimer’s disease worsens, he finds his childhood upended. Afraid that he’ll be sent to live with his father’s new family, Gugu tries to hide signs of Dilma’s illness from the disapproving outside world. Brazilian filmmaker Allan Deberton’s latest queer story is a tender yet powerful look at what it means to come of age and find yourself, all while trying to keep your increasingly unstable world whole.