Thriller ·Science Fiction ·Drama · Mexico · 1978 · 1h 49m

The Year of the Plague

El año de la peste

Director

Cast

Alejandro Parodi as Dr. Pedro Sierra Genovés José Carlos Ruiz as Dr. Jorge Martínez Abasolo Rebeca Silva as Eva Aponte Tito Junco as President Ignacio Retes as Dr. Mario Zermeño Eduardo Alcaraz as Dr. Luis Mario Zavala

Crew

Raúl J. Gasso — Editor Gabriel García Márquez — Screenplay Juan Arturo Brennan — Screenplay José Agustín — Writer Daniel Defoe — Novel Felipe Cazals — Producer

Synopsis

A terrible disease is found in a Mexican town. A doctor tries to alert the authorities when he discovers its epidemic nature. No one listen to him and soon after the disease spreads. The government tries to control the information in order to prevent panic.

Mood & Themes

based on novel or book medicine outbreak disaster government cover-up plague science fiction award-winning film

Key Collaborators

Felipe Cazals Director Raúl J. Gasso Editor Gabriel García Márquez Screenplay Juan Arturo Brennan Screenplay José Agustín Writer Daniel Defoe Novel Felipe Cazals Producer

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