Traffic (1998)

  • NR
  • 12/31/1998 (PT)
  • Comedy
  • 1h 52m

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.

João Botelho

Director, Writer

Cast

Joaquim Oliveira's headshot

Joaquim Oliveira

Jesus
Rita Blanco's headshot

Rita Blanco

Jesus' mother
Adriano Luz's headshot

Adriano Luz

Hélio, Jesus' father
Branca de Camargo's headshot

Branca de Camargo

Redhead
João Perry's headshot

João Perry

banker
Alexandra Lencastre's headshot

Alexandra Lencastre

banker's lover
Maria Emília Correia's headshot

Maria Emília Correia

Amélia Castro, the General's wife
Canto e Castro's headshot

Canto e Castro

Hipólito, the older Priest

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