Film
Mauá - O Imperador e o Rei
1999Directed by Sérgio Rezende
Where to watch
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- Released
- Runtime
- 2h 12m
About Mauá - O Imperador e o Rei
- History
- Drama
Synopsis
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
- Writers
- Paulo Halm
- Joaquim Vaz de Carvalho
- Sérgio Rezende
- Denise Bandeira
