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Fever Mounts at El Pao

Fever Mounts at El Pao

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Status

Released

Release Date

Dec 5, 1959

Runtime

1h 37m

Genres

Drama

User Score

59%

Original Title

La fièvre monte à El Pao

Production Companies

Le Groupe des Quatre, Compagnie Industrielle et Commerciale Cinématographique, Filmex

Director

Luis Buñuel

Description

Aroused citizens assassinate an unpopular Caribbean despot, then two men vie for his gorgeous widow Ines. Ojeda is a steamy, isolated island, the penal colony for an oppressive dictatorship. A reactionary seizes the murdered governor's post, and rushes to eliminate his romantic rival, an idealistic underling. The bureaucrat Vazquez hopes to marshal the angry residents of the capitol, El Pao, plus the many political prisoners, to oust Governor Gual.