Mauá - O Imperador e o Rei
movie

Released October 15, 1999
Overview
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.
Cast

Paulo Betti
as
Mauá

Malu Mader
as
May

Othon Bastos
as
Visconde de Feitosa

Michael Byrne
as
Mr. Carruthers

Antônio Pitanga
as
Valentim
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Rodrigo Penna
as
D. Pedro II

Roberto Bomtempo
as
Visconde do Rio Branco
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Jorge Neves
as
Mauá Jovem

Richard Durden
as
Barão de Rosthschild

Murilo Grossi
as
Ricardo
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Elias Mendonça
as
Pereira

Cláudio Corrêa e Castro
as
Visconde do Uruguai
Crew
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Joaquim Vaz de Carvalho
as
Producer

Sérgio Rezende
as
Screenplay
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Joaquim Vaz de Carvalho
as
Screenplay
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Paulo Halm
as
Screenplay

Bia Junqueira
as
Art Direction
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Tom Pye
as
Art Direction
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José Joaquim Salles
as
Art Direction
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Henrique Murthe
as
Art Direction
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Kika Lopes
as
Costume Design
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Isabelle Rathery
as
Editor
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Antonio Luiz Mendes
as
Director of Photography
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Ricardo Pinto e Silva
as
Executive Producer