Films on the Green

This year we continued our partnership with Films on the Green to include a Mexican-related movie in their free film programming. This year, the film titled “La Fiévre monte á el Pao”, which co-stars acclaimed Mexican actress María Felix, screened at J. Hood Wright Park.

A film by Luis Buñuel
(France/Mexico, 1959, 97 min. In French with English subtitles)
Starring Maria Félix, Gérard Philippe and Jean Servais

When the governor of a prison on the remote Caribbean Island Ojeda is assassinated, his secretary, Ramón Vasquez, assumes the role of acting governor until a replacement can be appointed. Vasquez, an idealist, exploits this opportunity to improve the lot of the prisoners and to start an affair with the former governor’s widow… Based on the novel La fièvre monte à El Pao by Henri Castillou (1959). 

Presented in partnership with Cinema Tropical, Mexican Cultural Institute of New York and the Hispanic Society. Film courtesy of Oscar Arce and the Luis Buñuel Film Institute.

Where: J. Hood Wright Park

When: July 13, 8:30pm

The event is free and open to the public