Mauá - O Imperador e o Rei

A movie about a Brazilian entrepreneur who rivalled American's richest man at his time, well-known Rockfeller. Irineu Evangelista de Souza in 1867 had $155.000 contos de reis, meanwhile the Brazilian Governement annual budget was 97.000 contos de reis. The movie shows his life from poverty to riches and back to poverty again, as is common in Brazil, rich people die poor.

Country:

Brazil

Genre:

History,

Drama

Duration:

132 minutes

Year:

1999

Director:

Sérgio Rezende

Cast:

Mauá

May

Visconde de Feitosa

Mr. Carruthers

Valentim

Crew:

Director

Producer

Screenplay

Screenplay

Screenplay