智高和杰克，一对患难穷兄弟，四出寻找工作，最终在面包店找到差事。但店主极为刻薄，兄弟俩的食物比狗还要差。阴差阳错，他们弄死了店主的狗，更要哄骗神父替小狗祈福，闹出笑话连篇。及后智高暗恋大财主之女路仙霞。但智高过于害羞，久久未能成事；杰克唯有替智高制造机会。一日，镇里来了一班悍匪，洗劫村民之余，更进行杀戮游戏……

Lisbela is a young woman who loves going to the movies. Leléu is a con man, going from town to town selling all sort of things and performing as master of ceremonies for some cheesy numbers, such as the woman who gets transformed into a gorilla. He gets involved with Linaura, a sexy and beautiful woman who happens to be the wife of the most frightening hitman of the place. The hitman finds out his wife's affair and goes after Leléu, who has to leave in a hurry. In another town, he meets and falls instantly in love with Lisbela, who is engaged to Douglas, a hillbilly who tries hard to pass for a cosmopolitan Rio de Janeiro dweller.

乔·格里洛和奇科在巴西东北部地区的冒险经历。四章迷你系列原版《O Auto da Compadecida》。

Future Brazilian film of 2024, based on the 1955 play Auto da Compadecida by Ariano Suassuna. It is a continuation of O Auto da Compadecida from 2000.