| El año de la peste | |
| Director: | Felipe Cazals |
| Producer: | Felipe Cazals |
| Starring: | Alejandro Parodi José Carlos Ruiz Rebeca Silva Tito Junco |
| Music: | Laura Quiroz |
| Cinematography: | Javier Cruz |
| Editing: | Raúl Caso |
| Studio: | Conacite Dos |
| Distributor: | IMCINE |
| Runtime: | 109 minutes |
| Country: | Mexico |
| Language: | Spanish |
El Año de la Peste (English: The Year of the Plague) is a Mexican film categorized as drama, thriller and sci-fi.[1] It was filmed in 1978 and released in 1979. The production counted with the famous Colombian writer Gabriel García Márquez for the adapted screenplay from the novel of Daniel Defoe A Journal of the Plague Year published in March 1722.[2]
A dreadful sickness is found in a Mexican town. A doctor tries to alert the authorities when he discovers its epidemic nature. No one listens to him and soon the illness spreads. The government tries to manage the information in order to prevent terror.[3]
| Date | Award | Category | Recipients and nominees | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 October 1970 | Ariel Awards[4] | Golden Ariel | Felipe Cazals | ||
| Best Direction | Felipe Cazals | ||||
| Gabriel García Márquez Juan Arturo Brennan | |||||
| 18 May 1980 | Mexican Cinema Journalists[5] | Best Screenplay, Adapted | Gabriel García Márquez Juan Arturo Brennan |