| El Año de la Peste | |
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Screencap from the film |
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| Directed by | Felipe Cazals |
| Produced by | Felipe Cazals |
| Written by | Gabriel García Márquez José Agustín Juan Arturo Brennan |
| Starring | Alejandro Parodi Daniela Romo Rebeca Silva José Carlos Ruiz |
| Editing by | Raúl J. Gasso |
| Distributed by | IMCINE |
| Release date(s) | 1978 |
| Running time | 109 minutes |
| Country | Mexico |
| Language | Spanish |
El Año de la Peste (English: The year of the plague) is a Mexican motion picture categorized as drama, thriller and Sci-Fi. 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.[1]
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A dreadful sickness is found in a Mexican town. A doctor tries to aware the authorities when he discovers its epidemic nature. No one listen to him and soon after the illness spreads. The government tries to manage the information in order to prevent terror.[2]
| Year | Award | Category | Recipients and nominees | Result |
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| Oct. 27, 1980 | Ariel Awards[3] | Golden Ariel | Felipe Cazals | Won |
| Best Direction | Felipe Cazals | Won | ||
| Best Screenplay | Gabriel García Márquez Juan Arturo Brennan |
Won | ||
| May 18, 1980 | Mexican Cinema Journalists[4] | Best Screenplay, Adapted | Gabriel García Márquez Juan Arturo Brennan |
Won |