Movie·1999·2h 12m

Mauá - O Imperador e o Rei

Name: Mauá - O Imperador e o Rei
Genre: History, Drama
Released: 1999-10-15
Rating: 7.7
Cast: Paulo Betti, Malu Mader, Othon Bastos, Michael Byrne, Antônio Pitanga

★ 7.7HistoryDrama

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.