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Synopsis

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.

Director

João Botelho

Writers

João Botelho

Language

Portuguese

Country

Portugal

Release date

31 December 1998

Ensemble

Cast

• Joaquim Oliveira

  Jesus

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  Rita Blanco

  Jesus' mother

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  Adriano Luz

  Hélio, Jesus' father

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  Branca de Camargo

  Redhead

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  João Perry

  banker

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  Alexandra Lencastre

  banker's lover

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  Maria Emília Correia

  Amélia Castro, the General's wife

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  Canto e Castro

  Hipólito, the older Priest

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  Mário Jacques

  Rezende Castro, the General

• Fernando Cabral Martins

  Tadeu, the lawyer

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  Maria João Luís

  Antónia Suzette Almeida, the sculptor

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  Rosa Lobato Faria

  Mimi Furgel, the Countess