简介：High-powerreportoffreedomandloveonthefringesoftropicalRecife.AnarchisticpoetZizofallsforthedown-to-earthEneida,whilehisfriendssuccumbtosex,drugsandotherhedonisticactivities.Inotherwords,acolourfulblack-and-whitefilm,thislatestfromTigerAwardwinnerAssis(BogofBeasts,2007). RatFeveristhealcohol-drenchedstoryofanunrequitedlove.ThepoetZizo,apure-bredanarchist,islostassoonashemeetsthesoberEneida.Shedoesn'tmindbeinghismuse,butshewon'tgoanyfurtherthanthat-whereasinZizo'scircleoffriends,madeupofsociallosers,Bohemiansandotherproudoutsiders,everyonegoestobedwitheveryoneelse. Meanwhile,Zizoisbusywithhisdubiousbattleagainst'thesystem',usinghisself-publishednewsletter'Febredorato'andaseriesofsubversivestreetperformancesthatprimarilyseemtoreachhisownfriends. Onceagain,Tiger-AwardwinnerCláudioAssis(BogofBeasts,2007)filmsinhisownregion,north-easternBrazil.HeportraysRecifeasaclammy,stupefyingcityfilledwithfilthyslums.ButRatFeverhasmoreoptimismandhumourthantherawBogofBeasts.Zizoandhisfriendsmakethebestofit;theirhigh-spiritedbattlefor'freedom,anarchyandsex'turnsRatFeverintoafeverish,eroticmanifesto.…