The Fever (2004 film)
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The Fever | |
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Directed by | Carlo Gabriel Nero |
Written by | Wallace Shawn Carlo Gabriel Nero |
Produced by | Jason Blum |
Starring | Vanessa Redgrave Michael Moore |
Cinematography | Mark Moriarty |
Edited by | Mel Quigley |
Music by | Claudio Capponi |
Production company | |
Distributed by | HBO Films |
Release dates |
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Running time | 83 minutes |
Countries | United Kingdom United States |
Language | English |
The Fever is a 2004
The film stars the director's mother, Vanessa Redgrave, and includes cameos by Angelina Jolie, the director's half-sister Joely Richardson and Oscar-winning documentary filmmaker Michael Moore.
Background
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Plot
The film follows the
Once back, and now acutely attuned to the world about her, she can no longer fit back into her old
She returns to the war-torn nation to explore her feelings further, this new reality now drawing her ever-deeper. This leads to a delirious bout of fever in a run-down hotel where her inner-self challenges her need for comfort and entitlement, culminating in a moment of spiritual awakening and a perceived 'oneness' with all reality. Finally she sees the truth about her own life and her innate connection with every human being, apprehending the transient nature of her material life. She can no longer sit, immersed in her personal comforts and vanity, or "clean sheets" as she terms it, and pretend it’s all right when the world around her is filled with strife and exploitation for millions of people. She is lustrated of her previous immunity towards their predicament and is, by extension, finally able to see the truth of own life, as summarised by film's tag-line: Enlightenment Can Be Brutal.[3][4]
Cast
- Vanessa Redgrave - Woman
- Angelina Jolie - Revolutionary
- Michael Moore - Reporter
- Joely Richardson - Woman at 30
Production
Parts of the film was shot in
Awards
- 2005: Bratislava International Film Festival:Grand Prix: Carlo Gabriel Nero: Nominated[6]
- 2008: Screen Actors Guild Awards: Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries: Vanessa Redgrave: Nominated
Reception
A review in
References
- ^ The Fever (1990) Wallace Shawn references.
- ^ Interviewed by Hilton Als (Apr 22, 2012). "Wallace Shawn, The Art of Theater No. 17". Retrieved Apr 22, 2020 – via www.theparisreview.org.
- ^ a b The Fever - Review Summary The New York Times.
- ^ The Fever Archived 2009-03-26 at the Wayback Machine Turner classic.
- ^ "North Wales". Archived from the original on March 26, 2009. Retrieved Apr 22, 2020.
- Internet Movie Database.
External links
- The Fever at IMDb
- The Fever at AllMovie
- Redgrave laid low by HBO's heavy "Fever" Review by Reuters
- Vanessa Redgrave will visit Cuba (for premiere of The Fever) Cuba News Headlines