''La Fiebre del Loco'' (The ''

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directed by Andres Wood. The film's tagline was "''Amor y avaricia en un mundo de buzos y moluscos''" (Spanish for: Love and greed in a world of scuba and mollusks).

Plot

The film centers on the conflicts between visiting prostitutes and fishermen's wives in a small fishing village in rural Southern Chile. The village has become obsessed with Chilean abaloneMuestra 'locuras' chilenas
access date August 9, 2008, access date August 9, 2008 (known as "loco" in Spanish, which has a dual meaning of both abalone and craziness). Chaos erupts when the Chilean government temporarily lifts the ban on the collection of this prized mollusk, which is believed to have aphrodisiacal effects.VENICE FILM FESTIVAL : A New Wave:Movies Without Borders
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Cast

* Emilio Bardi - Canuto *

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- Jorge *Loreto Moyo - Sonia *Luis Margani - Padre Luis (Father Luis) * Tamara Acosta - Nelly * María Izquierdo - Leila *

Mariana Loyola Mariana Francisca Loyola Ruz (Santiago, 2 August 1975) is a Chilean theater, film, and television actress. Loyola began to work regularly in the theater until in 2001 she was cast in the telenovela '' Amores de mercado''. That same year she ma ...

- Paty *

Patricia López Patricia Javiera López Menadier (born July 10, 1977, Santiago) is a Chilean singer and actress of film, theater, and television. In 2012, she joined the cast of ''Reserva de familia ''Reserva de Familia'' (''Reserve of Family'') is a Chilean t ...

(credited as Patricia López Menadier) - Isabel *

Carmina Riego Carmina Riego Ramírez (born 24 March 1964) is a Chilean actress and cultural manager. She has played diverse charismatic and popular characters in telenovelas, occasionally in the comedy genre, and is best known for the role of Esmeralda Peralt ...

*Pilar Zderich - Denisse *Aldo Parodi *Julio Marcone - Yukio *Cristián Chaparro *Gabriela Medina *

Carmen Barros Carmen Aída Barros Alfonso (born 7 January 1925) is a Chilean actress and singer of jazz, popular music, and opera. In addition, she is a professor of acting perception, diction, and vocal projection, and a theater and opera director. She is know ...

*Marcela Arroyave *Claudia Hidalgo *Chamila Rodríguez *Pablo Striano *Camila Videla

Technical information

Realization and demonstration, on October 29, 2001, of the first digital cinema transmission by

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of a feature film (''La Fiebre del Loco'') by Bernard Pauchon, Alain Lorentz, Raymond Melwig and Philippe Binant.

References

External links

* 2001 films 2001 comedy films {{DEFAULTSORT:Fiebre del Loco Chilean comedy films Films directed by Andrés Wood Films produced by Agustín Almodóvar 2000s Chilean films