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Synopsis. In a city in South America an outbreak of bubonic plague occurs. While people try to flee and the military close the city, an idealistic doctor decides to stay and help the sick. In the ever-changing circumstances, he puts up a brave fight, being helped by others but also involving them without being able to control the situation. Cast.
Sep 1, 1992 · While not an “easy” or conventionally entertaining film, “The Plague” is accessible to any attentive viewer. ... Reviewed at Club Gaumont screening room, Paris, Aug. 17, 1992. (Competing ...
Producer Co-production Argentina-United States-France; Genre Drama Movie Groups Albert Camus Adaptations Synopsis Based on Albert Camus' brilliant novel "La Peste," set in Oran, Algeria in 1947, Puenzo's 1992 filmic version sets the story in an unnamed South American city (most likely Buenos Aires), with certain allegorical overtones to the 20th century's "plague" of military dictatorships and ...
Apr 27, 2003 · The Plague is a film based on a novel by the renowned French writer Albert Camus. The Algerian-born Camus became a French resident in the 1920s where he led an interesting life, which included dalliances with Communism, friendship and falling out with Jean-Paul Sartre and even editing a newspaper for the Resistance during the Nazi Occupation.
In the 1990s, a South American city suffers the outbreak of a plague. The people react in different ways: Dr. Rieux tries to cure the sick, two French journalists expect sensational headlines ...
Jan 14, 2022 · The film’s plot, per Nesselson, boldly asserts there’s right-wing trouble afoot. “On the pretext of isolating the families of plague victims, sinister public health officials declare martial ...
In the case of Luis Puenzo’s failed big-budget 1992 adaptation of Albert Camus’ “The Plague,” perhaps there’s a streamer presentation that might perform a minor financial resuscitation ...
