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.

Genres

Cast

Paulo Betti

Mauá

Malu Mader

May

Othon Bastos

Visconde de Feitosa

Michael Byrne

Mr. Carruthers

Antônio Pitanga

Valentim

Roberto Bomtempo

Visconde do Rio Branco

Richard Durden

Barão de Rosthschild

Murilo Grossi

Ricardo

Cláudio Corrêa e Castro

Visconde do Uruguai

Edwin Luisi

Aurélio

Rogério Fróes

Marquês do Paraná

Hélio Ary

Liquidante