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Traffic
1998 5.4 (10 votes) 1h 52m
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Genres
Comedy
Production Companies
Madragoa Filmes
Instituto Português da Arte Cinematográfica e Audiovisual
Gemini Films

Traffic (Tráfico)

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.

Key Crew

Director: João Botelho

Writer: João Botelho

Producer: Paulo Branco

Director of Photography: Olivier Guéneau

Top Cast

Joaquim Oliveira

Jesus

Rita Blanco
Rita Blanco

Jesus' mother

Adriano Luz
Adriano Luz

Hélio, Jesus' father

Branca de Camargo
Branca de Camargo

Redhead

João Perry
João Perry

banker

Alexandra Lencastre
Alexandra Lencastre

banker's lover

Maria Emília Correia
Maria Emília Correia

Amélia Castro, the General's wife

Canto e Castro
Canto e Castro

Hipólito, the older Priest

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