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

2h 12m English, Portuguese

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Mauá - O Imperador e o Rei

2h 12m English, Portuguese

★ #52,878 Drama History

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

Screenplay Paulo Halm Screenplay Sérgio Rezende Co-Writer Denise Bandeira Screenplay Joaquim Vaz de Carvalho