''La Fiebre del Loco'' (The ''

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directed by Andres Wood. The film's tagline was "''Amor y avaricia en un mundo de buzos y moluscos''" (Spanish for: Love and greed in a world of scuba and mollusks).

Plot

The film centers on the conflicts between visiting prostitutes and fishermen's wives in a small fishing village in rural Southern Chile. The village has become obsessed with Chilean abaloneMuestra 'locuras' chilenas
access date August 9, 2008, access date August 9, 2008 (known as "loco" in Spanish, which has a dual meaning of both abalone and craziness). Chaos erupts when the Chilean government temporarily lifts the ban on the collection of this prized mollusk, which is believed to have aphrodisiacal effects.VENICE FILM FESTIVAL : A New Wave:Movies Without Borders
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Cast

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- Canuto *

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- Jorge *Loreto Moyo - Sonia *Luis Margani - Padre Luis (Father Luis) *

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- Nelly * María Izquierdo - Leila * Mariana Loyola - Paty *

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(credited as Patricia López Menadier) - Isabel * Carmina Riego *Pilar Zderich - Denisse *Aldo Parodi *Julio Marcone - Yukio *Cristián Chaparro *Gabriela Medina *

Carmen Barros Carmen Aída Barros Alfonso (7 January 1925 – 21 December 2023) was a Chilean actress and singer of jazz, popular music, and opera. In addition, she was a professor of acting perception, diction, and vocal projection, and a theater and opera di ...

*Marcela Arroyave *Claudia Hidalgo *Chamila Rodríguez *Pablo Striano *Camila Videla

Technical information

Realization and demonstration, on October 29, 2001, of the first

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transmission by

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of a feature film (''La Fiebre del Loco'') by Bernard Pauchon, Alain Lorentz, Raymond Melwig and Philippe Binant.

References

External links

* 2001 films 2001 comedy films {{DEFAULTSORT:Fiebre del Loco Chilean comedy films Films directed by Andrés Wood Films produced by Agustín Almodóvar 2000s Chilean films