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1959 French film From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
La fièvre monte à El Pao ("Fever Mounts at El Pao", also known in English as Republic of Sin) is a 1959 film by director Luis Buñuel.[2] Gérard Philipe died four months after the filming. This was his last film.
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| Directed by | Luis Buñuel |
| Written by | Luis Alcoriza Luis Buñuel |
| Produced by | Gregorio Walerstein Raymond Borderie |
| Starring | Gérard Philipe María Félix Jean Servais Miguel Ángel Ferriz |
| Distributed by | Films Borderie Terra Films Cormoran Films |
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Running time | 97 minutes |
| Country | France |
| Language | French |
| Box office | 1,591,282 admissions (France)[1] |
On the remote Caribbean island Ojeda an agitated population kills their despotic ruler Mariano Vargas. His secretary Ramón Vázquez takes over and tries to reinstate public order. Meanwhile, Alejandro Gual, leader of a special military unit, tries to take the place of Ramón Vázquez. Knowing that Ramón Vázquez had an affair with the dictator's wife Inés, he tries to turn the widow against her lover.
In 2008, La Fièvre Monte à El Pao was screened in Retrospective section of the 68th Berlin International Film Festival.[3]
On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, The Fever Rises in El Pao has an 80% approval rating based on reviews from five critics, with an average score of 7.1/10.[4]
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