The Fever

A Febre

60th TIFF: Greek Premiere

Following the recent passing of his wife, indigenous Justino, a security guard in Manaus’ immense dockyard, lives with his daughter, a nurse in the city hospital. When she announces her imminent departure for Brasília to study Μedicine, Justino develops a mysterious fever, whose cause and remedy are unknown to the doctors.A blend of reality and fiction, which goes beyond the confines of time and space, guiding us through a dream-like universe of unearthly fluidity and disconcerting simplicity. Light-years away from rose-tinted approaches of indigenous cultures, a boarding pass to a middle-zone of self-exile, set between primaeval forests and dehumanizing urban milieus.

Screening Schedule

No physical screenings scheduled.


Direction: Maya Da-Rin
Script: Maya Da-Rin, Miguel Seabra Lopes, Pedro Cesarino
Cinematography: Bárbara Alvarez
Editing: Karen Akerman
Sound: Felippe Schultz Mussel, Breno Furtado, Romain Ozanne, Emmanuel Croset
Actors: Regis Myrupu, Rosa Peixoto, Johnatan Sodré, Kaisaro Jussara Brito, Edmildo Vaz Pimentel, Anunciata Teles Soares, Lourinelson Wladimir
Production: Tamanduá Vermelho, Enquadramento Produções
Producers: Maya Da-Rin, Leonardo Mecchi, Juliette Lepoutre
Co-production: Still Moving, Komplizen Film
Co-producers: Pierre Menahem, Janine Jackowski, Jonas Dornbach
Art Direction: Ana Paula Cardoso
Costumes: Joana Gatis
Executive producer: Leonardo Mecchi
Make Up: Helena d’Araújo
Format: DCP
Color: Color
Production Country: Brazil, France, Germany
Production Year: 2019
Duration: 98΄
Contact: Still Moving
Awards/Distinctions: FIPRESCI Prize, Best Actor – Locarno IFF 2019

Maya Da-Rin

Maya Da-Rin is a graduate from Le Fresnoy and holds a master’s degree in Cinema and Art History from Sorbonne Nouvelle. Her work has been showcased in film festivals and art institutions throughout the world, including Locarno, DΟΚ Leipzig and MoMA. Her documentary Lands was screened at over 40 film festivals all over the world, while her debut feature The Fever was selected for the Cannes’ Film Festival Cinéfondation.

Filmography

2007 Margem (doc)
2009 Terras
2011 Version française (short)
2019 A Febre | The Fever