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Release, runtime and language
1968 · 90 mins · Portuguese
Directed by
Eduardo Coutinho
Starring
Milton Gonçalves, Hugo Carvana, Paulo César Peréio, Nildo Parente, Maria Bethânia, Flávio Migliaccio

Faced with a ten‑trillion‑dollar windfall, a low‑level civil servant in a fictional nation inherits the largest fortune ever recorded. To avert a catastrophic collapse of the global economy, the authorities lock him down, but he eventually breaks free and sets out on his own.

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