The Fever
by Maya Da-Rin
THE FEVER
2019 / Portuguese and Ticuna / Drama / 98 min / 2K / Color
Tamanduá Vermelho | Enquadramento Produções | Still Moving (FR) | Komplizen (DE)
DIRECTOR Maya Da-Rin
WRITERS Maya Da-Rin, Miguel Seabra Lopes and Pedro Cesarino
PRODUCERS Maya Da-Rin, Leonardo Mecchi and Juliette Lepoutre
CINEMATOGRAPHER Barbara Alvarez
PRODUCTION DESIGNER Ana Paula Cardoso
SOUND MIXER Felippe Mussel
FILM EDITOR Karen Akerman
CAST Reginaldo Myrupu and Rosa Peixoto
SELECTIONS AND AWARDS
Locarno Film Festival (Switzerland)
Best Actor
FIPRESCI Award
Environment is Quality of Life Award
Festival Biarritz Amérique Latine (France)
Best Film
Pingyao International Film Festival (China)
Best Film
Mar del Plata International Film Festival (Argentina)
Best Film
Best First Work - Youth Critic
Thessaloniki International Film Festival (Greece)
Special Jury Award
Chicago International Film Festival (USA)
Best Director
IndieLisboa (Portugal)
Best Film
Portland Film Festival (USA)
Best Film
Punta del Este Film Festival (Uruguay)
Best Film
Best Director
Critic's Award
Femcine (Chile)
Best Film
Lima Film Festival (Peru)
Best Film
International Critics Jury - Special Mention Award
Dortmund|Cologne Film Festival (Germany)
Best Debut Feature Film
Primavera do Cine Film Festival (Spain)
Best Film
Festival L'Alternativa (Spain)
Special Mention Award
Festival de Cine Latinoamericano en Lenguas Originarias (Perú)
Best Film
Festival Présence Autochtone (Canada)
Teueikan Artistic Prize
Festival Internacional de Cine de Asunción (Paraguay)
Best Film
Toronto International Film Festival (Canada)
Havana Film Festival (Cuba)
Marrakech International Film Festival (Morocco)
New Directors/New Films (USA)
International Film Festival Rotterdam (Netherlands)
Festival de Brasília (Brazil)
Best Film
Best Director
Best Cinematography
Best Sound
Best Actor
Festival do Rio (Brazil)
Best Director
Special Jury Award (Best Sound)
Janela Internacional de Cinema do Recife (Brazil)
Best Film
Best Sound
Grande Prêmio do Cinema Brasileiro (Brazil)
Best Film
Best Cinematography
Best Editing
ABC Award (Brazil)
Best Editing
International Sound Cinema Biennial
Best Dialogue Editing
Guarani Awards
Best Male Breakthrough (Regis Myrupu)
Forumdoc.bh (Brazil)
CineBH International Film Festival (Brazil)
SYNOPSIS
Manaus is an industrial city surrounded by the Amazon rainforest. Justino, a 45 years old Desana native, works as a security guard at the cargo port. Since the death of his wife, his main company is his youngest daughter with whom he lives in a modest house on the outskirts of town. Nurse at a health clinic, Vanessa is accepted to study medicine in Brasilia and will need to be leaving soon.
Confronted with the oppression of the city, where he never quite fits in, and the distance of his native village from which he left twenty years ago, Justino finds himself condemned to an existence without place. As the days go by, he is overcome by a strong fever. During the night, a mysterious creature follows his footsteps. During the day, he fights to stay awake at work. But soon the tedious routine of the harbor is broken by the arrival of a new guard. Meanwhile, on television, the news talks about a wild animal lurking in the neighborhood.
DIRECTOR'S BIOGRAPHY
Born in Rio de Janeiro in 1979, Maya Da-Rin is a Brazilian filmmaker and visual artist. Graduated at Le Fresnoy, she has a master degree in Cinema and Art History at Sorbonne Nouvelle and attended film workshops at the Cuban Film School. Her work has been shown at numerous film festivals and art institutions such as Locarno, DokLeipzig, MoMA and New Museum NY. Her documentary Lands, released in 2010, took part in more than 40 film festivals and her first feature film project, The Fever, was invited to the Cinéfondation residence, La Fabrique des Cinémas du Monde and TorinoFilmLab.
