Mauá - O Imperador e o Rei

Mauá - O Imperador e o Rei (1999)

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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
Writers: Paulo Halm, Joaquim Vaz de Carvalho, Sérgio Rezende.

Casts

	Paulo Betti as Mauá
	Malu Mader as May
	Othon Bastos as Visconde de Feitosa
	Michael Byrne as Mr. Carruthers
	Antônio Pitanga as Valentim
	Rodrigo Penna as D. Pedro II
	Roberto Bomtempo as Visconde do Rio Branco
	Jorge Neves as Mauá Jovem
	Richard Durden as Barão de Rosthschild
	Murilo Grossi as Ricardo
	Elias Mendonça as Pereira
	Cláudio Corrêa e Castro as Visconde do Uruguai
	Edwin Luisi as Aurélio
	Rogério Fróes as Marquês do Paraná
	Hélio Ary as Liquidante
	Hugo Carvana as Queiroz
	José de Abreu as Juiz
	Carlos Gregório as Conde Bonifácio
	Ernani Moraes as Batista
	Denise Weinberg as Esposa de Queiroz
	Miguel Lunardi as Advogado
	Fernando José as Militar
	Waldir Onofre as Feitor
	Thaís Portinho as Mãe de May

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