Inspector Faustão and the Vagabond

Inspector Faustão and the Vagabond

The mission (the first and only)

Directed by Mário Márcio Bandarra

Produced by DreamVision, Xuxa Produções

199185 min3.6 / 10

A lighthearted, absurdist family comedy about an ordinary fruit seller chosen by God to protect animals, blending slapstick humor with a sincere environmental mission.

Faustão, a fruit seller, is selected by God himself to become Inspector Faustão, defender of the animals. He's joined by Sérgio Mallandro in a mission to save a group of quails from an illegal smuggler, while also having to deal with a bratty kid and a jealous girlfriend.

Questions people ask

  • Is Inspector Faustão and the Vagabond sad? Barely. Less sad than 89% of films.

  • Does Inspector Faustão and the Vagabond end with hope? Yes. More hopeful than 81% of films.

  • Is Inspector Faustão and the Vagabond easy watching? Yes. More comforting than 77% of films.

  • Is Inspector Faustão and the Vagabond scary? Barely. Less frightening than 76% of films.

  • Is Inspector Faustão and the Vagabond violent? Not especially. Less violent than 62% of films.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

9/ 100

Cinnamon Score

How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.

Conventional, and it does not land.

Rarity40

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise2

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love2

How much audiences actually like it

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Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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