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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.
| Release : | 1998 |
| Rating : | 5.5 |
| Studio : | Gemini Films, Instituto Português da Arte Cinematográfica e Audiovisual, Madragoa Filmes, |
| Crew : | Production Design, Production Design, |
| Cast : | Rita Blanco Adriano Luz João Perry Alexandra Lencastre Maria Emília Correia |
| Genre : | Comedy |
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good back-story, and good acting
A film of deceptively outspoken contemporary relevance, this is cinema at its most alert, alarming and alive.
The thing I enjoyed most about the film is the fact that it doesn't shy away from being a super-sized-cliche;
This is a small, humorous movie in some ways, but it has a huge heart. What a nice experience.
This is a very funny,quiet,little film directed by Joao Botelho.His works has made him as one of the most talented Portuguese film directors of our times.These days Joao Botelho is making very hard to follow philosophical films.This Portuguese film called Traffic has nothing to do neither with Soderburg's film of the same name nor it is at all related to Jacques Tati's classic.What is presented in this film is absolutely unique.There are great scenes of church,vacations, corruption, high society etc.Each character is shown honestly without any embellishment.This is the reason why this film appears as a tragic film despite having certain scenes which provide comical relief.
