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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