Fever Mounts at El Pao

1959 · 97 MIN · IMDB 6.8 · 1,417 VOTES · DIR. Luis Buñuel

Fever Mounts at El Pao poster

Overview

Aroused citizens assassinate an unpopular Caribbean despot, then two men vie for his gorgeous widow Ines. Ojeda is a steamy, isolated island, the penal colony for an oppressive dictatorship. A reactionary seizes the murdered governor's post, and rushes to eliminate his romantic rival, an idealistic underling. The bureaucrat Vazquez hopes to marshal the angry residents of the capitol, El Pao, plus the many political prisoners, to oust Governor Gual.

Dialogue Timeline — 959 lines

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00:00:27 FEVER RISES IN EL PAO
00:05:36 - Look at that bandit hung up there! - His time has already come.
00:09:41 This was in Vázquez's drawer.
00:13:59 With your genius, effort and will consecrated to the fatherland
00:17:53 Hulling by pounding, I will hurry.
00:22:13 That does not compensate for years of cowardice.
00:26:51 Cheap manpower.
00:30:33 after Vargas's nomination.
00:34:16 We all were her lovers.
00:37:51 You've had enough!
00:42:41 What do they want?
00:45:44 And although you want to, he cannot; he is hateful and repugnant
00:49:34 At the barracks, and we kept on searching.
00:53:02 There will be few guards and no soldiers.
00:56:44 You will be lazy; I will not yield to your blackmailing.
01:03:52 They will not advance until dawn.
01:07:47 We are lost.
01:11:07 Great performance.
01:14:54 But you are here.
01:17:49 That was the fuse, and you put it out.
01:21:07 I cannot do it. We should have fled from Gual.
01:24:55 What?
01:29:18 Stop!
08:00:00 hours by plane from America.

Cast & Characters

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed959
Dialogue density9.9 lines / min
First line00:00:27
Final line08:00:00

Production Record

DirectorLuis Buñuel
LanguageFrench
IMDb votes1,417