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Traffic (1998)

Directed by João Botelho

Overview

Young Jesus is taken on a vacation by his parents (Rita Blanco, Adriano Luz) to a deserted beach resort. They accidentally fall into overnight wealth after Jesus digs in the sand, uncovering a large drug stash. Others characters intersecting here include an alcoholic actress, a philandering banker, a general trafficking in arms, priests who close their church and head north as hitchhikers, politicians who watch an all-girl production of Julius Caesar, and beggars who recite a children’s story in a huge heap of trash.

Length 112 minutes

Actors

Joaquim Oliveira | Rita Blanco | Adriano Luz | Branca de Camargo | João Perry | Alexandra Lencastre | Maria Emília Correia | Canto e Castro | Mário Jacques | Fernando Cabral Martins | Maria João Luís | Rosa Lobato Faria | Sofia Leite | Bagão Félix | Paulo Bragança | Isabel de Castro | Laura Soveral | São José Lapa | Nuno Melo | Ricardo Trêpa | Gustavo Sumpta | José Pinto | José Eduardo | Dalila Carmo | Io Apolloni | António Pinhão Botelho | Francisco Pinhão Botelho | Sandra B | Dália Madruga | Neuza Teixeira