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The Fever

The Fever

A film by Maya Da-Rin

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.

As the days go by, Justino 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, his brother’s visit makes Justino remember the life in the forest, from where he left twenty years ago. Between the oppression of the city and the distance of his native village, Justino can no longer endure an existence without place.

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Digital

“The Fever is a timely document about the cultural dangers of progress, and a reminder that our Western ways are not the only possibility.”

- ICS

“Delicate and dangerous, much like nature itself, The Fever is testament to Maya Da-Rin’s extraordinary ability to dig down deep into the lives of her protagonists (people/characters), listening with interest to what they have to say before transposing it all into images.”

- Cineuropa

“Rin avoids the simple or straightforward ethnographic gaze of an outsider by illuminating the community’s traditions and ancestry obliquely, rather than casting an actor to perform the character.”

- BFI

"This is an entrancing film, orphaned by an unspeakable longing for a place–a whole world–that will never return.”

- The Film Stage

OPENING MARCH 19, 2021 @ VIRTUAL CINEMA

Play Dates
Theater/FestivalCityStateDate
Film at Lincoln Center New York NY 3/19/21
a/pertureWinston-SalemNC3/19/21
Webster Film SeriesSt. LouisMO3/19/21
Time & Space LimitedHudsonNY3/19/21
The Frida CinemaSanta AnaCA3/19/21
Savoy TheaterMontpelierVT3/19/21
Pickford Film CenterBellinghamWA3/19/21
North Park TheatreBuffaloNY3/19/21
Neptune Movie HouseLong BeachWA3/19/21
Lightbox Film CenterPhiladelphiaPA3/19/21
Landmark CinemasPeoriaIL3/19/21
Laemmle TheatresLos Angeles CA3/19/21
Gold Town NickelodeonJuneauAK3/19/21
Gene Siskel Film CenterChicagoIL3/19/21
Downing Film CenterNewburghNY3/19/21
The CinemathequeVancouverB.C, Canada3/19/21
Bear Tooth TheatreAnchorageAK3/19/21
Apohadion TheaterPortlandME3/19/21
Grand Illusion CinemaSeattleWA3/19/21
The FlicksBoiseID3/19/21
Cleveland CinemathequeClevelandOH3/19/21
cinéSPEAKPhiladelphiaPA3/19/21
The Cinematheque VancouverB.C. , Canada3/19/21
AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural CenterSilver SpringMD3/19/21
Epsilon SpiresBrattleboroVT3/19/21
Brattle TheatreCambridgeMA3/19/21
Montclair Film MontclairNJ3/19/21
BAMPFABerkeleyCA3/25/21
Northwest Film ForumSeattleWA3/29/21
Brooklyn Academy of Music Brooklyn NY3/26/21
Belcourt TheatreNashvilleTN3/26/21
Oklahoma City Museum of ArtOklahoma CityOK3/26/21
Suns CinemaWashingtonDC4/2/21
Austin Film SocietyAustinTX4/16/21
About the Director

Maya Da-Rin is a filmmaker and visual artist. She received her bachelor’s degree from Le Fresnoy Studio National des Arts Contemporains in France, holds a master’s degree in Cinema and Art History from Sorbonne Nouvelle, and has participated in film workshops at the Cuban School of Cinema. Her work has been shown in film festivals and art institutions throughout the world, including Toronto, DokLeipzig, MoMA and the Vilnius Contemporary Arte Centre. Her 2010 documentary “Terras” (Lands) was shown at over forty film festivals, and her first feature project, “A Febre” (The Fever) was selected for the Cannes Film Festival CinОfondation residency and for the laboratories La Fabrique des CinОmas du Monde and TorinoFilm- Lab, among others. Premiered at the Locarno Film Festival, “A Febre” received the Best Actor Pardo, the FIPRESCI Prize for best film, as well as the “Environment is quality of life” prize

 

Filmography:

E Agora José? (The World Tilts to Here), documentary, 2002

Margem (Margin), 2007, documentary, 2006

Terras [Lands], 2009, documentary, 2009

Version Française [French Version], short film, 2011

Horizonte de Eventos [Event Horizon], video-installation, 2012

Camuflagem [Camouflage], video-installation, 2013

A Febre [The Fever], feature film, 2019

Cast and Crew

CREW

Producer: Maya Da-Rin, Leonardo Mecchi, Juliette Lepoutre

Executive Producers: Leonardo Mecchi

Co-Producers: Pierre Menahem, Janine Jackowski, Jonas Dornbach

Director: Maya Da-Rin

Assistant Director: Milena Times

Screenwriter: Maya Da-Rin, Miguel Seabra Lopes, Pedro Cesarino

Cinematography: Bárbara Alvarez

Editor: Karen Akerman

Sound: Felippe Schultz Mussel, Breno Furtado, Romain Ozanne

Art Director: Ana Paula Cardoso

Custome Designer: Joana Gatis

Make-up: Helena d’Araújo

Film Editor: Karen Akerman

Sound mix: Emmanuel Croset

 

CAST

Regis Myrupu as Justino

Rosa Peixoto as Vanessa

Johnatan Sodré as Everton

Kaisaro Jussara Brito as Jalmira

Edmildo Vaz Pimentel as André

Anunciata Teles Soares as Marta

Lourinelson Wladmir as Wanderlei

Film Info

Year: 2019

Country: Brazil, France, Germany

Runtime: 98 min

Color:  Color

Language: Tukano, Portuguese

Subtitles: English

Format: 1:1,85

Sound: 5.1

Awards and Festivals

Locarno Film Festival, International Competition

-Best Actor, FIPRESCI International Critics Award for Best Film, “Environment is Quality of Life” Award

Toronto International Film Festival

Pingyao International Film Festival

-Best Film

Chicago International Film Festival

-Best Direction

Thessaloniki International Film Festival

-Silver Alexander Award

Mar del Plata Film Festival

-Best Latin American, Best Opera Prima,

Brasília Film Festival

-Best Film, Best Direction, Best Actor, Best Photography, Best Sound

Rio Film Festival

-Best Direction, Special Jury Award for Best Sound

Portland International Film Festival

Denver Film Festival

CPH:PIX, Denmark

Torino International Film Festival

Rotterdam Film Festival

New Directors New Films

Hong Kong International Film Festival

Taipei International Film Festival

AFI Latin American FILM festival in DC

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