Traffic

Traffic

112 mins | Comedy | Dec. 31, 1998

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

112 mins | Comedy | Dec. 31, 1998

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.
IMDb rating 5.6
Producers Gemini Films, Instituto Português da Arte Cinematográfica e Audiovisual, Madragoa Filmes
Original title Tráfico
Directors João Botelho
Writers João Botelho

Cast

Joaquim Oliveira

as Jesus

Rita Blanco

as Jesus' mother

Adriano Luz

as Hélio, Jesus' father

Branca de Camargo

as Redhead

João Perry

as banker

Alexandra Lencastre

as banker's lover

Maria Emília Correia

as Amélia Castro, the General's wife

Canto e Castro

as Hipólito, the older Priest

Mário Jacques

as Rezende Castro, the General

Fernando Cabral Martins

as Tadeu, the lawyer

Maria João Luís

as Antónia Suzette Almeida, the sculptor

Rosa Lobato Faria

as Mimi Furgel, the Countess

Sofia Leite

as interior Designer

Paulo Bragança

as Lino, the Younger Priest

Isabel de Castro

as Casca in 'Julius Caesar' Play

Laura Soveral

as Cassius in 'Julius Caesar' Play

São José Lapa

as Clara d'Aveiro, the Actress

Nuno Melo

as Gigolo in Bar

Ricardo Trêpa

as Francisco, the General's Son

Gustavo Sumpta

as Kadaffi

José Pinto

as Litter Pit Man #1

José Eduardo

as Litter Pit Man #2

Dalila Carmo

as Maria Clara, Suzette's Maid

Io Apolloni

as Hairdresser

António Pinhão Botelho

as Kid running in park (uncredited)

Francisco Pinhão Botelho

as Boy at Exhibition (uncredited)

Sandra B

as (Uncredited)

Dália Madruga

as Younger Prostitute