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Mauá - O Imperador e o Rei

History
Drama
132 mins
7.2
1999

Description

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.

Casts:

Paulo Betti
Malu Mader
Othon Bastos
Michael Byrne
Antônio Pitanga
Rodrigo Penna
Roberto Bomtempo
Jorge Neves

Trailer

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