La Fièvre Monte à El Pao (1959)
- Original title
- La fièvre monte à El Pao
- Directed by
- Luis Buñuel
- Genre
- drama film, prison film
- Country
- Mexico, France
- Runtime
- 1h 37m
- Rated
- AL
- Rating
- 6.1 of 10 from 32 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A woman becomes entangled with a corrupt prison official on a Caribbean island. She tries to escape the oppressive political regime and her own personal demons.
tensemelancholicslow-burnpolitically chargedgrittybleakcerebraloppressive
What happens
La fièvre monte à El Pao (also known in English as Fever Mounts at El Pao or Republic of Sin) is a 1959 film by director Luis Buñuel. Gérard Philipe died four months after the filming. This was his last film. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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