La Fièvre monte à El Pao
Luis Buñuel
Ramón Vázquez is an idealist, respectful of fairness and individual liberties. But in the imaginary Latin American country where the film takes places, these fundamental principles are often flouted. Ramón is secretly in love with Iñès Vargas, the wife of his superior, the Governor of the region. When the Governor is murdered the country is plunged into an atmosphere of repression and Ramón can get closer to the woman he loves, while advancing his career...
With : Gérard Philipe, María Félix, Jean Servais, Víctor Junco, Roberto Canedo, Andrés Soler, Domingo Soler, Luis Aceves Castaneda
Screenplay : Luis Buñuel, Luis Alcoriza, Louis Sapin, Charles Dorat et Henri Castillou, d'après le roman éponyme d'Henri Castillou
Image : Gabriel Figueroa
Sound : William Robert Sivel
Music : Paul Misraki
Editing : James Cuenet
Decors : Pablo Galván
Screenplay : Luis Buñuel, Luis Alcoriza, Louis Sapin, Charles Dorat et Henri Castillou, d'après le roman éponyme d'Henri Castillou
Image : Gabriel Figueroa
Sound : William Robert Sivel
Music : Paul Misraki
Editing : James Cuenet
Decors : Pablo Galván
Production : Filmex, Le Groupe des Quatre (Indus Films, Terra films, Cormoran Films, Films Borderie)
Distribution: Pathé
Distribution: Pathé
"Generally, political films don't interest me. Objectively, I can see the interest of them, but I'm not interested in making them, I feel it is not my field". A film made simply to make money, and that Buñuel actually disowned, La Fièvre monte à El Pao (Fever Mounts in El Pao) works efficiently while remaining impersonal. Buñuel's second co-production, La Fièvre monte à El Pao is more in line with his classic films, rather than the more audacious films of his French period. Despite everything, the films shows a Gérard Philipe cast against type, filled with a Buñuelian imagination theoretically very far from the actor. It was also the last film Philipe made, dying soon after the end of the shoot, and Buñuel regretted that this was the only role he had given him.