The Fever (2004)

Tells the story of a woman who gets involved in politics with no previous contact with world events.

Director:

Carlo Gabriel Nero

Writers:

Carlo Gabriel Nero, Wallace Shawn (play),

Stars:

Vanessa Redgrave, Cameron D'Angelo, Kiera D'Angelo

2 nominations.

Cast

Credited cast:
Vanessa Redgrave	...	Woman
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Cameron D'Angelo	...	Revolutionary's son
Kiera D'Angelo	...	Revolutionary's daughter
Geraldine James
Angelina Jolie	...	Revolutionary
Daria Knez	...	Revolutionary's younger sister
Michael Moore	...	Reporter
Joely Richardson	...	Woman at 30
Rade Serbedzija	...	Diplomat
Miriam Turner	...	Revolutionary's mother

Storyline

Tells the story of a woman who gets involved in politics with no previous contact with world events.

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Plot Keywords:

politics | politician | women | based on play

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Genres:

Drama

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Details

Country:

USA UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

2 October 2005 (USA)

Also Known As:

A láz

Filming Locations:

London, England, UK

Company Credits

Production Co:

HBO Films, Home Box Office (HBO)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

83 min

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Quotes

Woman: Where do all these objects come from?... How does it happen that these things are made and not others? Of course, there are only a limited number of workers in the world. And each day they do a limited number of things: some things and not other things. Who tells them what they ought to do? The holders of money. They bid their money for the things they want and each bit of money determines some fraction of the day's activities. So the people who have a little determine a little and the people ...

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Connections

Featured in 14th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2008)

User Reviews

Unitelligent and Boring

The story is based completely on what you and everybody else in the world feels when you see a hobo or a slum. Its your moment of sympathy,helplessness,anger and gratefulness stretched out into one boring movie. Directed in the same way that two Englishmen would discuss the weather while waiting to catch a bus. OK so you watch it thinking yeah this ought to put things into perspective for me,yes this is real and may be i have been taking my life for granted. But believe me this movie is a load of S***. Its what you get if Anderson Cooper takes a day off from work and CNN hires Tim Burton or David Lynch as a substitute to go cover some epidemic in Zimbabwe. DO NOT Watch this. It has no real ending.It does not alert you in any way.Its not entertaining. Have you ever had a bad cold and woke up in the middle of the night bit groggy from the cough medicine? Well that's like a party compared to how you will feel at the end of the movie. There is NO ULTIMATE MESSAGE at the end as you would expect from a depressing monologue cum UN slide show like this. There is no reason to watch this. You want entertainment? forget it. You want a tearjerker? nah... You want cultural zeitgeist and reality? read a freaking newspaper. You want injustice in history? NO watch Schindler's List. You want religion? I cant believe they did not cover that aspect when it plays a major role in all the poverty they show in this movie. TOTAL WASTE OF TIME.