''Fiebre de juventud'' (English: "Youth Fever"), also known as ''Romance en Ecuador'' (English: "Romance in Ecuador"), is a 1966 Mexican-Ecuadorian musical comedy film directed by

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and starring

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, Begoña Palacios,

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and

Fernando Luján Fernando Ciangherotti Díaz (August 23, 1939 – January 11, 2019), better known by the stage name Fernando Luján, was a Mexican actor. He was a star of the silver screen in classic mexican films during the Golden Age of Mexican cinema. His fat ...

Plot

Carlos and Luis drop out of school and try to make it big with a music group, with considerable success. They travel to Ecuador and they meet two sisters, the beautiful Rita and the prudish Silvia. Luis and Rita fall madly in love and want to get married, but the sisters' father Don Jaime says the marriage has a condition: Silvia must get married first. Luis tries to convince Carlos to woo Silvia, but the two couldn't treat each other worse. However, their experiences together will cause love to be born out of hatred.

Cast

as Carlos * Begoña Palacios as Silvia *

as Rita *

as Luis * Ernesto Albán as Don Jaime * Lucho Gálvez * Alejandro Mata *

Julio Jaramillo Alfredo Jaramillo Laurido (October 1, 1935 – February 9, 1978) was a notable Ecuadorian singer and recording artist who performed throughout Latin America, achieving great fame for his renditions of boleros, valses, pasillos, tangos, an ...

Production

It was filmed in June 1965 in Guayaquil. It was one of several Mexican film productions that were shot on Ecuador, alongside films such as ''Peligro, mujeres en acción'', ''Cómo enfriar a mi marido'', ''24 horas de placer'', and ''Caín, abel y el otro''.

Release

The film had limited premieres in Mexico in the Variedades and Carrusel cinemas on 20 August 1966 before being shown at the Metropolitan cinema (Mexico City) from 1 September 1966, for three weeks.

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*{{IMDb title, id=0276958 1966 films 1966 musical comedy films Ecuadorian comedy films Films directed by Alfonso Corona Blake Films shot in Ecuador Mexican musical comedy films 1960s Spanish-language films 1960s Mexican films