Movielogr
Mauá - O Imperador e o Rei (1999)
Directed by Sérgio Rezende
Overview
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.
Length 132 minutes
Actors
Paulo Betti | Malu Mader | Othon Bastos | Michael Byrne | Antônio Pitanga | Rodrigo Penna | Roberto Bomtempo | Jorge Neves | Richard Durden | Murilo Grossi | Elias Mendonça | Cláudio Corrêa e Castro | Edwin Luisi | Rogério Fróes | Hélio Ary | Hugo Carvana | José de Abreu | Carlos Gregório | Ernani Moraes | Denise Weinberg | Miguel Lunardi | Fernando José | Waldir Onofre | Thaís Portinho