Mauá - O Imperador e o Rei 1999
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.
- Released: 1999-10-15
- Runtime: 132 minutes
- Genre: History, Drama
- Stars: Paulo Betti, Malu Mader, Othon Bastos, Antônio Pitanga, Rodrigo Penna, Roberto Bomtempo, Richard Durden, Murilo Grossi, Edwin Luisi, Rogério Fróes, Hugo Carvana, Carlos Gregório, Ernani Moraes, Denise Weinberg, Miguel Lunardi, Fernando José, Waldir Onofre, Jorge Neves, Elias Mendonça, Hélio Ary Show all >
- Director: Sérgio Rezende