Mauá, the Emperor and the King

Mauá - O Imperador e o Rei, feature film, 1999

DIRECTED BY: Sérgio Rezende

Mauá, the Emperor and the King

CAST:
Paulo Betti (Mauá),
Malu Mader (May),
Othon Bastos (Visconde de Feitosa),
Michael Byrne (Mr. Carruthers),
Antônio Pitanga (Valentim)

SCRIPT:
Joaquim Vaz de Carvalho,
Paulo Halm,
Sérgio Rezende

PHOTOGRAPHY:
Antônio Luiz Mendes

Synopsis:
This is the biography of the Brazilian national hero from the 19th century Irineo Evangelista de Souza, known as Baron of Mauá. He was a revolutionary Brazilian entrepreneur, visionary, liberal and fighter against slavery who in spite of his origin from a poor family became one of the richest men in Latin America.

color, 135 min