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The Year of the Plague (1978)
Directed by Felipe Cazals
Thriller, Science Fiction, Drama · 1h 49m
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.
Cast
Alejandro Parodi
Dr. Pedro Sierra Genovés
José Carlos Ruiz
Dr. Jorge Martínez Abasolo
Rebeca Silva
Eva Aponte
Tito Junco
President
I
Ignacio Retes
Dr. Mario Zermeño
E
Eduardo Alcaraz
Dr. Luis Mario Zavala
Héctor Godoy
Luis Armando Torreros
Humberto Elizondo
R. C. Jiménez, journalist
Leonor Llausás
Widow of Alvarado
Z
Zully Keith
Magdalena, Dr. Sierra Genovés' wife
Nora Lárraga 'Karla'
Health Inspector
Arlette Pacheco
Journalist
Crew
- Director
- Felipe Cazals
- Screenplay
- Gabriel García Márquez, Juan Arturo Brennan
- Writer
- José Agustín
- Novel
- Daniel Defoe
- Director of Photography
- Xavier Cruz
- Editor
- Raúl J. Casso
- Producer
- Felipe Cazals
Details
- Original title
- El año de la peste
- Release date
- 1978-02-12
- Runtime
- 1h 49m
- Genres
- Thriller, Science Fiction, Drama
- Original language
- ES
- Spoken languages
- Spanish
- Countries
- Mexico
- Production
- Conacite Dos, Instituto Mexicano de Cinematografía