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Mauá - O Imperador e o Rei

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Mauá - O Imperador e o Rei

7.6

2h 12m

1999

Synopsis

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.

Director

Sérgio Rezende

HistoryDrama

Cast & Crew

Paulo Betti

Paulo Betti

as Mauá

Malu Mader

Malu Mader

as May

Othon Bastos

Othon Bastos

as Visconde de Feitosa

Michael Byrne

Michael Byrne

as Mr. Carruthers

Antônio Pitanga

Antônio Pitanga

as Valentim

Rodrigo Penna

as D. Pedro II

Roberto Bomtempo

Roberto Bomtempo

as Visconde do Rio Branco

Jorge Neves

as Mauá Jovem

Richard Durden

Richard Durden

as Barão de Rosthschild

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