The Year of the Plague (1978)
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.
- Released
- 1978-02-12
- Genres
- Thriller, Science Fiction, Drama
- Runtime
- 109 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Felipe Cazals, Gabriel García Márquez, Juan Arturo Brennan
- TMDB rating
- 5.3/10 from 19 votes
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
- Héctor Godoy as Luis Armando Torreros
- Humberto Elizondo as R. C. Jiménez, journalist
- Leonor Llausás as Widow of Alvarado
- Zully Keith as Magdalena, Dr. Sierra Genovés' wife
- Nora Lárraga 'Karla' as Health Inspector
- Arlette Pacheco as Journalist