Fever Mounts at El Pao

(1959)

★ 6.2 IMDb · 33 votes

Genres: Drama

Year: 1959

Runtime: 97 мин

Country: France, Mexico

Director: Luis Buñuel

Cast: María Félix, Gérard Philipe, Jean Servais, Miguel Ángel Ferriz Sr., Raúl Dantés, Domingo Soler, Víctor Junco, Roberto Cañedo, Andrés Soler, Luis Aceves Castañeda

Plot

After Caribbean despot Mariano Vargas is murdered at the hands of his enraged populace, his secretary Ramón Vázquez takes not just control but also Vargas' widow Inés, with whom he's been having an affair. Special military unit leader Alejandro Gual arrives to overthrow Vázquez by turning the people and Inés against him.