The film narrates the adventures of the trickster Juca Moleza in the carnival while he has to deal with the consequences of the scams he applied to people of high society.
Acting
Grande Otelo's magnetic trickster performance carries every scene
Production
Lavish Carnival sequences on clearly tiny budget
Director
Victor Lima
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Grande Otelo was Brazil's most beloved Black performer, yet chanchada films often limited Black actors to comic stereotypes — É de Chuá! subtly weaponizes this expectation.
The title references a folk saying meaning 'it's done/finished' — ironic given Juca's scams never truly end, just transform.
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