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Films on the Green Presents FEVER MOUNTS AT EL PAO

  • J. Hood Wright Park West 173 Stree and Haven Avenue New York NY 10033 (map)

Films on the Green Presents

FEVER MOUNTS AT EL PAO / LA FIÈVRE MONTE À EL PAO
A film by Luis Buñuel
(France/Mexico, 1959, 97 min. In French with English subtitles)
Starring Maria Félix, Gérard Philippe and Jean Servais

When the governor of a prison on the remote Caribbean Island Ojeda is assassinated, his secretary, Ramón Vasquez, assumes the role of acting governor until a replacement can be appointed. Vasquez, an idealist, exploits this opportunity to improve the lot of the prisoners, and to start an affair with the former governor’s widow… Based on the novel La fièvre monte à El Pao by Henri Castillou (1959). 

Presented in partnership with Cinema Tropical, Mexican Cultural Institute of New York and the Hispanic Society. Film courtesy of Oscar Arce and the Luis Buñuel Film Institute.

July 13, 8:30pm
J. Hood Wright Park
West 173 St and Haven Avenue, New York City
Free and open to the public (no ticket needed)

Watch the (unsubtitled) trailer:

 
 
Source:: https://villa-albertine.org/events/FeverMountsatElPao
Earlier Event: July 1
Spectacle Theater Presents 'Made for the Dream: Six Films Starring Lázaro Gabino Rodríguez'
Later Event: July 17
Las Premieres Presents EDUARDO AND MÔNICA
 
 
 
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Cinema Tropical's programs are made possible with the support of the New York State Council on the Arts.
They are also supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs
in partnership with the City Council, and the National Endowment for the Arts.