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The Plague (original title: La Peste) is a 1992 Argentine-French-British drama film written and directed by Luis Puenzo and starring William Hurt, Sandrine Bonnaire, Robert Duvall and Raul Julia. It is based on the novel La Peste by Albert Camus. It entered the competition at the 49th Venice International Film Festival. [1] [2]
Sep 20, 2018 · La Peste transports you back in time! Set in 16th century Spain, the action takes place in the city of Seville. Though now resolutely Catholic, the city still reveals traces of its previous Moorish, Muslim rulers. Casting a shadow over the lives of its inhabitants is the Inquisition. Otherwise known as the Holy Office, this arm of the Catholic ...
The Plague: Directed by Luis Puenzo. With William Hurt, Sandrine Bonnaire, Jean-Marc Barr, Robert Duvall. In the 1990s, a South American city suffers the outbreak of a plague.
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The State of Siege. The Plague (French: La Peste) is a 1947 absurdist novel by Albert Camus. It tells the story from the point of view of a narrator in the midst of a plague sweeping the French Algerian city of Oran. The narrator remains unknown until the beginning of the last chapter. The novel presents a snapshot into life in Oran as seen ...
THE PLAGUE (La Peste) Novel by Albert Camus, 1947. The longest and most ambitious of his fictions, Albert Camus 's novel The Plague is widely regarded as his masterpiece. It is certainly an artistic tour de force: a vividly realistic account of a harrowing imaginary event. It tells the story of an outbreak of bubonic plague in the Algerian city ...
Duration. 1h 45m. Released in United States on Video November 17, 1993. Shown at San Sebastian Film Festival (Open Zone) September 17-27, 1992. Shown at Venice Film Festival (in competition) September 1-12, 1992. Released in United States September 1992 (Shown at San Sebastian Film Festival (Open Zone) September 17-27, 1992.)
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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 ...
