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.
Release : 1999
Runtime : 132 minutes
Cast : Paulo Betti, Malu Mader, Othon Bastos, Michael Byrne, Antônio Pitanga, Rodrigo Penna
Crew : Cristóvão Bastos (Music), Antonio Luiz Mendes (Director of Photography), Joaquim Vaz de Carvalho (Producer), Paulo Halm (Screenplay), Sarah Beardsall (Casting), Roberto Mader (Executive Producer)
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