''La fièvre monte à El Pao'' ("''Fever Mounts at El Pao''", also known in English as ''Republic of Sin'') is a 1959 film by director

Luis Buñuel Luis Buñuel Portolés (; 22 February 1900 – 29 July 1983) was a Spanish-Mexican filmmaker who worked in France, Mexico, and Spain. He has been widely considered by many film critics, historians, and directors to be one of the greatest and ...

Gérard Philipe Gérard Philipe (born Gérard Albert Philip, 4 December 1922 – 25 November 1959) was a prominent French actor who appeared in 32 films between 1944 and 1959. Active in both theatre and cinema, he was, until his early death, one of the main ...

died four months after the filming. This was his last film.

Plot

On the remote Caribbean island Ojeda an agitated population kills their despotic ruler Mariano Vargas. His secretary Ramón Vázquez takes over and tries to reinstate public order. Meanwhile, Alejandro Gual, leader of a special military unit, tries to take the place of Ramón Vázquez. Knowing that Ramón Vázquez had an affair with the dictator's wife Inés, he tries to turn the widow against her lover.

Cast

as Ramón Vázquez *

María Félix María de los Ángeles Félix Güereña (; 8 April 1914 – 8 April 2002) was a Mexican actress and singer. Along with Pedro Armendáriz and Dolores del Río, she was one of the most successful figures of Latin American cinema in the 1940s and ...

as Inés Rojas *

Jean Servais Jean Servais (; 24 September 1910 – 17 February 1976) was a Belgian film and stage actor. He acted in many 20th century French cinema productions, from the 1930s through the early 1970s. He was married to Gilberte Graillot, and later act ...

as Alejandro Gual *

Miguel Ángel Ferriz Miguel Ángel Ferriz (29 November 1899 – 1 January 1967) was a Mexican film actor.Agrasánchez, p. 158. Selected filmography * '' The Night of the Mayas'' (1939) * ''The Rock of Souls'' (1942) * ''The Eternal Secret'' (1942) * '' The Spectre of ...

as Gouvernor Mariano Vargas * Raúl Dantés as Lieutenant García *

Domingo Soler Domingo Soler (born Domingo Díaz Pavia; 17 April 1901 – 13 June 1961) was a Mexican actor and occasional screenwriter of the Golden Age of Mexican cinema. He appeared in over 150 films and wrote the screenplays for 2 films. Soler won an Ariel ...

as Professeur Juan Cárdenas *

Víctor Junco Víctor Ciriaco Junco Tassinari (18 June 1917 – 6 July 1988), known professionally as Víctor Junco, was a Mexican actor. He was considered a star of the Golden Age of Mexican cinema. During his career, Junco received two Ariel Award nominatio ...

as Indarte

References

External links

* 1959 films Films directed by Luis Buñuel 1950s French-language films 1959 drama films Films set in the Caribbean Films produced by Raymond Borderie French drama films 1950s French films {{1950s-France-film-stub