O Caseiro (2016) is the second feature film directed by Julio Santi. Denise Weinberg and Fabio Takeo worked in both of them. The sound director, Leonardo Ciotti, also worked in both movies.
João Segall, executive producer in O Caseiro (2016), was Julio Santi first assistant director in his first feature film The Night Circus (2013). After finishing shooting the first feature, they started to write O Caseiro (2016), based on a idea of Julio's brother.
O Caseiro was shot in only four weeks, in July 2015.
O Caseiro was shot in Jarinu, a small city close to São Paulo.
Premiered in theaters in USA in December, 2016.