
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.
Mauá

May

Visconde de Feitosa

Mr. Carruthers

Valentim

D. Pedro II
Visconde do Rio Branco

Mauá Jovem
Barão de Rosthschild

Ricardo

Pereira
Visconde do Uruguai

Aurélio

Marquês do Paraná

Liquidante

Queiroz

Juiz

Conde Bonifácio

Batista

Esposa de Queiroz

Advogado

Militar

Feitor

Mãe de May
