The Year of the Plague
5.3(19) 1978-02-12 109 minThrillerScience FictionDrama
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.
ProducerFelipe Cazals
WriterJosé Agustín
DirectorFelipe Cazals
ScreenplayGabriel García Márquez
ScreenplayJuan Arturo Brennan
Cast & characters
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
No photo
Zully Keith
as Magdalena, Dr. Sierra Genovés' wife
Nora Lárraga 'Karla'
as Health Inspector
Arlette Pacheco
as Journalist
No photo
María Barber
as President's Wife
Daniela Romo
as Laura
No photo
Carlos Fernández
as Bernardo Budillo
Ramón Menéndez
as Dr. Miguel Garzón Riera
Martin LaSalle
as Diplomatic
No photo
Roberto Dumont
as Dr. Arcadio Rincón Núñez
No photo
Francisco Llopis
as Eva's Father
No photo
Manuel Zozaya
as Dr. Everardo Morell
Amado Zumaya
as General
Jorge Fegán
as Quintanar, Turism Secretary
No photo
Héctor Téllez
as —
No photo
Marco Antonio del Prado
as —
