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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.

Directed by João Botelho

Top cast

J

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

F

Fernando Cabral Martins

Tadeu, the lawyer

Maria João Luís

Antónia Suzette Almeida, the sculptor

Rosa Lobato Faria

Mimi Furgel, the Countess

Sofia Leite

interior Designer

B

Bagão Félix

Paulo Bragança

Lino, the Younger Priest

Isabel de Castro

Casca in 'Julius Caesar' Play

Laura Soveral

Cassius in 'Julius Caesar' Play

São José Lapa

Clara d'Aveiro, the Actress

Nuno Melo

Gigolo in Bar

Ricardo Trêpa

Francisco, the General's Son

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