La fièvre monte à El Pao

La fièvre monte à El Pao
La fièvre monte à El Pao poster
Directed by	Luis Buñuel
Produced by	Gregorio Walerstein Raymond Borderie
Written by	Luis Alcoriza Luis Buñuel
Starring	Gérard Philipe María Félix Jean Servais Miguel Ángel Ferriz
Distributed by	Films Borderie, Terra Films, Cormoran Films and others
Release date	5 December 1959 (France)
Running time	97 min.
Language	French

La fièvre monte à El Pao ("Fever Mounts at El Pao", also known in English as Republic of Sin) is a 1959 film by director Luis Buñuel.Gerard Philipe died during the filming. This was his last film and scenes had to be shot using a double, or rewritten to complete the picture.

On the remote Caribbean island Ojeda an agitated population kills their despotic ruler Mariano Vargas. His secretary Ramón Vázquez takes over and tries to reinstate public order. Meanwhile, Alejandro Gual, leader of a special military unit, tries to take the place of Ramón Vázquez. Knowing that Ramón Vázquez had an affair with the dictator's wife Inés, he tries to turn the widow against her lover.