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26 August 1992 (France)
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In the 1990s, a South American city is rocked by the imminent outbreak of a plague. While many attempt to flee the city...
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effective transcription of the novel. this movie should be a mandatory part of the high school curriculum.
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(Cast overview, first billed only)| William Hurt | ... | Doctor Bernard Rieux | |
| Sandrine Bonnaire | ... | Martine Rambert | |
| Jean-Marc Barr | ... | Jean Tarrou | |
| Robert Duvall | ... | Joseph Grand | |
| Raul Julia | ... | Cottard | |
| Jorge Luz | ... | Old Man with the cats | |
| Victoria Tennant | ... | Alicia Rieux | |
| Atilio Veronelli | ... | Dr. Horacio | |
| Francisco Cocuzza | ... | Miguel | |
| Laura Palmucci | ... | Miguel's Wife | |
| Norman Erlich | ... | Dr. Castel | |
| Marcos Woinsky | ... | Doctor Grunewald | |
| Duilio Marzio | ... | Judge Orbon | |
| Pancho Ibáñez | ... | Newscater | |
| Horacio Fontova | ... | Attendant |
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The Plague (USA)
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France:148 min | Japan:122 min (cut version) | Spain:105 min (cut) | USA:115 min (cut) | Argentina:145 min
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imperfect only because mr. hurt takes his traum-welt sleepwalking characterization too far, and mr. puenzo drops the emotional anvil one time too many, this is nevertheless the most artistic political commentary i have seen. i compare it to CLOSETLAND. camus set the novel in his home of algiers, and mr. puenzo reprises with the buenos aires location that is his home. like post-war camus, mr. puenzo has much to say about his country's recently fallen dictatorship. camus would certainly have approved. the timing, in the face of the literal plague of aids, adds to the momentousness of this film.
sandrine bonnaire, robert duvall, and jean-marc barr are essential to the movie, and the sheer pulchritude of buenos aires shows, even though the city is cast as hapless, plague-stricken oran. it is the tragedy of argentina that makes it a perfect oran. and it is the beauty of its capital federal that makes it a perfect setting for camus' triumph of humanity over inhumanity.
the movie is complex, with explicit visual reference to the holocaust, and even a fair treatment of the complicity of the medical doctor (whose responsibility? remember, camus was above all an existentialist author). but the movie is not about a public health disaster, or oran, or the insanity and subsequent tragedy of civil resignation in germany's 1930's. oran could be anywhere at any time, and mr. puenzo has understood camus well on this point.