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The Year of the Plague

1978 · 109 min

A slow-burning, tense descent into bureaucratic denial and creeping dread, watching a crisis unfold with grim inevitability.

Directed by
Felipe Cazals
Genres
Thriller, Science fiction, Drama
Starring
Alejandro Parodi, José Carlos Ruiz, Rebeca Silva
Overview
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.

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Directed by
Felipe Cazals
Genres
Thriller, Science fiction, Drama
Starring
Alejandro Parodi, José Carlos Ruiz, Rebeca Silva
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Tone
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • bleakstrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • corruption
  • death
  • isolation
  • power
  • survival
Places
  • small town
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror4
Humour1
Realism7
Romance1
Tension7
Darkness7
Complexity6
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
thriller, science fiction, drama
Directed by
Felipe Cazals
Written by
Gabriel García Márquez, José Agustín, Juan Arturo Brennan
Starring
Alejandro Parodi, José Carlos Ruiz, Rebeca Silva, Tito Junco, Ignacio Retes, Eduardo Alcaraz, Héctor Godoy, Humberto Elizondo
Cinematography
Xavier Cruz
Runtime
109 min
Country
Mexico
Languages
Spanish

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