
Mauá - O Imperador e o Rei
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.
Top Billed Cast

Paulo Betti
Mauá

Malu Mader
May

Othon Bastos
Visconde de Feitosa

Michael Byrne
Mr. Carruthers

Antônio Pitanga
Valentim
Featured Crew
Joaquim Vaz de Carvalho
Producer

Sérgio Rezende
Screenplay
Joaquim Vaz de Carvalho
Screenplay

Paulo Halm
Screenplay
Bia Junqueira
Art Direction
Tom Pye
Art Direction
José Joaquim Salles
Art Direction
Henrique Murthe
Art Direction

Kika Lopes
Costume Design
Isabelle Rathery
Editor

Antonio Luiz Mendes
Director of Photography
Ricardo Pinto e Silva
Executive Producer