Mauá - O Imperador e o Rei Poster

Mauá - O Imperador e o Rei

Not Rated History Drama

Starring: Paulo Betti, Malu Mader, Othon Bastos, Michael Byrne, Antônio Pitanga

Writer: Paulo Halm, Joaquim Vaz de Carvalho, Sérgio Rezende, Denise Bandeira

Release Date:
October 15, 1999
Ratings:
7.6 / 10
Director:
Sérgio Rezende
Companies:
N/A

Overview

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.