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.
as Mauá
as May
as Visconde de Feitosa
as Mr. Carruthers
as Valentim
as D. Pedro II
as Visconde do Rio Branco
as Mauá Jovem
as Barão de Rosthschild
as Ricardo
as Pereira
as Visconde do Uruguai
as Aurélio
as Marquês do Paraná
as Liquidante
as Queiroz
as Juiz
as Conde Bonifácio
as Batista
as Esposa de Queiroz
as Advogado
as Militar
as Feitor
as Mãe de May
