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The Man Who Bought the World (1968) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained
- 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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