La fièvre monte à El Pao (1959) Fr

Director: Luis Buñuel Writers: Henri Castillou (novel), Luis Buñuel (adaptation) (as Luis Bunuel) Stars: Gérard Philipe, María Félix, Jean Servais 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.