
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.
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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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