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.

Cast

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