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
Kika Markham	...	Woman In Red
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 | women | politician | based on play | 

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Taglines:

Look beyond comfort.

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Genres:

Drama

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Certificate:

Not Rated

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

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The film cast includes three Oscar winners: Vanessa Redgrave, Angelina Jolie and Michael Moore.

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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

Perplexingly bad

I wont go into a commentary about the structure of the film.However, I do find great trouble in the movies implication that many of us in the West are responsible for the misery of the people in the 3rd world. There is an insurmountable amount of evidence in the fields of economics and political science which clearly shows that much of the 3rd worlds suffering comes from poor political institutions. I guess the one area where it is appropriate to find fault with the West is there use of farm subsidies, which ultimately negatively affects the lives of millions of farmers in the 3rd world and consumers in the first world. However, arguing that the purchase of goods and services on the global market somehow creates poor people is a psychotically inaccurate message to promote, which this film does to a large degree. China, India, Ireland, and many emerging East Asian countries have grown much wealthier and in the process lifted hundreds of millions of people out of poverty precisely because we in the West buy goods and services from around the world. I sympathize with the film's intent to draw light on the plight of the poor, however, they have found precisely the wrong reasons for the 3rd world's poverty and an even worse remedy for the problem. Commerce amongst free people is something that should be championed and regarded in the same esteemed light as the freedom of speech.