Crime and crime-fighting in Rio de Janeiro. With the master of disguise, the great police inspector Jamil Warwar, playing himself in the film. Jamil became famous by solving the Caso Cláudia, denouncing the involvement of politics and famous personalities of Brazilian society with the international drug traffic. He was punished by his superiors, being transferred to an obscure small town of the hinterlands. The psychology, the methods and philosophy of a detective known as the Brazilian Baretta. A sort of popular Hamlet, a lone star lost in the very dangerous galaxy of the police of Rio de Janeiro.
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Arthur Omar Director · Walter Carvalho Cinematographer
First release January 1, 1988 · Produced in Brazil · Original title O Inspetor
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Original title
O Inspetor
Original language
Portuguese
Spoken on screen
Portuguese
Release dates
Brazil · January 1, 1988
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No release date listed for United States.
Czechia
July 5, 2002 · Premiere · Karlovy Vary International Film Festival
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