Fiebre de juventud (English: "Youth Fever"), also known as Romance en Ecuador (English: "Romance in Ecuador"),[1][2] is a 1966 Mexican-Ecuadorian musical comedy film directed by Alfonso Corona Blake[3] and starring Enrique Guzmán, Begoña Palacios, Rosa María Vázquez and Fernando Luján.[2][4]
| Fiebre de juventud | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Alfonso Corona Blake |
| Written by | José María Fernández Unsáin |
| Produced by | Alberto López |
| Starring | Enrique Guzmán Begoña Palacios Rosa María Vázquez Fernando Luján |
| Cinematography | Raúl Martínez Solares |
| Music by | Enrico C. Cabiati |
Production company | Filmadora Ecuatoriana |
Release date |
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Running time | 90 minutes |
| Countries | Mexico Ecuador |
| Language | Spanish |
Plot edit
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 edit
- Enrique Guzmán as Carlos
- Begoña Palacios as Silvia
- Rosa María Vázquez as Rita
- Fernando Luján as Luis
- Ernesto Albán as Don Jaime
- Lucho Gálvez
- Alejandro Mata
- Julio Jaramillo
Production edit
It was filmed in June 1965 in Guayaquil.[1] It was one of several Mexican film productions that were shot on Ecuador,[2] alongside films such as Peligro, mujeres en acción, Cómo enfriar a mi marido, 24 horas de placer, and Caín, abel y el otro.[5]
Release edit
It was released on the Variedades and Carrusel cinemas on 20 August 1966 as a preview, and on the Metropolitan cinema on 1 September 1966 as the normal release, for three weeks.[4]
References edit
- ^ a b García Riera, Emilio (1992). Historia documental del cine mexicano (in Spanish). Vol. 12. Universidad de Guadalajara. p. 237. ISBN 968-895-541-8.
- ^ a b c Ecuador del siglo XX: hechos e imágenes (in Spanish). Dinediciones. 1999. p. 137. ISBN 9978-954-19-8.
- ^ Dicine, Temas 28-37 (in Spanish). Dicine. 1989. p. 15.
- ^ a b Amador, María Luisa; Ayala Blanco, Jorge (1986). Cartelera cinematográfica, 1960–1969 (in Spanish). Centro Universitario de Estudios Cinematográficos, Coordinación General de Difusión Cultural, Dirección de Literatura/UNAM. p. 287. ISBN 968-837-945-X.
- ^ San Miguel, Santiago (23 March 2020). "México y Ecuador, un romance de película" [Mexico and Ecuador, a movie romance]. Expreso (in Spanish). Ecuador. Archived from the original on 1 April 2020.
