Mauá - O Imperador e o Rei

Name: Mauá - O Imperador e o Rei
Genre: Drama, History
Released: 1999-10-15
Duration: 132 min
Rating: 7.7
Cast: Richard Durden, Rogério Fróes, Antônio Pitanga, Carlos Gregório

7.7/10 10 Votes 1999 132 min Not Rated 1

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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.