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.
Genre : HistoryDrama
Runtime : 132 mins
Release Date : 1999-10-15




(Mauá)

(May)

(Visconde de Feitosa)

(Mr. Carruthers)

(Valentim)

(D. Pedro II)

(Visconde do Rio Branco)
(Mauá Jovem)

(Barão de Rosthschild)

(Ricardo)
(Pereira)

(Visconde do Uruguai)

(Aurélio)

(Marquês do Paraná)

(Liquidante)

(Queiroz)

(Juiz)

(Conde Bonifácio)

(Batista)

(Esposa de Queiroz)

(Advogado)

(Militar)

(Feitor)

(Mãe de May)