Traffic (Traffic)
Directed by: Steven SoderberghCast list: Michael Douglas, Benicio del Toro, Catherine Zeta-Jones
Country: USA, Germany
Year: 2000
Genres: Drama /
Runtime: 147 min.
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A modern day look at America's war on drugs told through four separate stories that are connected in one way or another. A conservative judge, who's just been appointed as the US drug czar, learns that his teenage honor student daughter is a drug addict. Meanwhile, DEA agents Montel Gordon and Ray Castro are pursuing Helena Ayala, wife of jailed kingpin Carlos Ayala, as she seeks to the control the business that her husband had kept hidden from her. In Mexico, a slightly corrupt, yet dedicated cop struggles with his conscience when he learns that his new boss may not be the anti-drug official he thought.
Educational Grades: ##COMA####COMA####COMA####COMA####COMA##Secondary school, 14 to 16##COMA##Sixth form college##COMA##Further education##COMA##Further Edu, mature students##COMA##Higher Education##COMA##
Subjects: English language / Citizenship (Sixth Form College) / Contemporary world /
Topics: alcoholisme, drugaddictions / family, family relationships /
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