Production started in 2014. Ailton Graça was cast in the lead role around the time and reportedly thought filming would start "the following month".
Producers chose to not recreate racist jokes featured on Os Trapalhões (1977). New sketches were written for this film. The comedians' racism towards Mussum is also left out, as according to Ailton Graça, the intent is to magnify Mussum.
One of several Brazilian biopics released in 2023, along with Meu Nome é Gal (2023), Nosso Sonho (2023), Angela (2023) and Mamonas Assassinas: O Filme (2023).
Ailton Graça's performance brought Mussum's children to tears during shooting. "They called me 'father'", he stated.