Released:
1999-10-15

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.

Director:
Sérgio Rezende

Runtime:
2h 12min

Genre:
History, Drama

• Cast:
• 
  Paulo Betti
  as
  Mauá
• 
  Malu Mader
  as
  May
• 
  Othon Bastos
  as
  Visconde de Feitosa
• 
  Michael Byrne
  as
  Mr. Carruthers
• 
  Antônio Pitanga
  as
  Valentim