Traffic
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.
Traffic
Rating
5.4/10
Release Date
1998-12-31
Runtime
112 minutes
Status
Released
Cast
Joaquim Oliveira
Jesus
Rita Blanco
Jesus' mother
Adriano Luz
Hélio, Jesus' father
Branca de Camargo
Redhead
João Perry
banker
Alexandra Lencastre
banker's lover
Maria Emília Correia
Amélia Castro, the General's wife
Canto e Castro
Hipólito, the older Priest
Mário Jacques
Rezende Castro, the General
Fernando Cabral Martins
Tadeu, the lawyer
Maria João Luís
Antónia Suzette Almeida, the sculptor
Rosa Lobato Faria
Mimi Furgel, the Countess
Production Companies
Madragoa Filmes
Instituto Português da Arte Cinematográfica e Audiovisual
Gemini Films