Fiebre

Combining live action with moments of animation, in Fever, Chilean director Elisa Eliash tells the story of Nino, a somewhat spoiled and overprotected boy who, affected by some very high fever, needs to be in rest for one night. The contemplation of a painting will fire up a feverish delirium, which will end up sinking into a nightmare filled with hallucinated, intimidating images. Built in a fragmented manner, Fever raises up a cinematic challenge for children of the 21st century. To them, used to getting lost in a labyrinth of ever-present screens, the exercise of sitting in a crowded theater to see a story projected on a big scream is a ritual more and more alien to them. Eliash’s work seeks among those children her genuine interlocutors.