The film stars Matheus Nachtergaele, Selton Mello and Fernanda Montenegro, with Rogério Cardoso, Denise Fraga, Diogo Vilela, Marco Nanini, Lima Duarte and Luís Melo in supporting roles.

A sequel, O Auto da Compadecida 2 [pt], was released in Brazil on 25 December 2024, with Nachtergaele and Mello reprising their roles.

João takes a job assisting Major Antônio Morais and his daughter Rosinha, who is in town seeking a blessing from the priest.

Morais wants to marry off Rosinha to a rich man and promises a dowry of a piggy bank filled with coins as left by her grandmother.

Unable to pay the debt, the duo make a plan to fake Chicó's death with a blood filled balloon with João riding into town pretending to be a bandit.

On the day, actual bandits, led by the ferocious Severino, a notorious cangaceiro raid the town and begin looting and killing.

Chicó and Rosinha get married, attempting to use the dowry to pay off his debt, but it ends up being filled with coins of an older (and discontinued) currency.

The film was a critical and commercial success in Brazil, receiving four awards at the 2nd Grande Prêmio Cinema Brasil[4] and grossing R$11,496,994 ($4,903,192) with a 2,157,166 viewership.