Home | Movies By Year | Movies from 1978
El ao de la peste
Buy El ao de la peste now from AmazonFirst, read the Wikipedia article. Then, scroll down to see what other TopShelfReviews readers thought about the movie. And once you've experienced the movie, tell everyone what you thought about it.
Wikipedia article
'El Ao de la Peste' 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 Garca Mrquez for the adapted screenplay from the novel of Daniel Defoe 'A Journal of the Plague Year' published in March 1722.
Synopsis
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.
Cast
* Alejandro Parodi as Dr. Pedro Sierra Genovs
* Jos Carlos Ruiz as Dr. Jorge Martnez Abasolo
* Rebeca Silva as Eva Aponte
* Tito Junco as President of Mexico
* Ignacio Retes as Dr. Mario Zermeo
* Eduardo Alcaraz as Dr. Luis Mario Zavala
* Hctor Godoy as Luis Armando Torreros
* Humberto Elizondo as R. C. Jimnez
* Leonor Llauss as lvaro's widow
* Zully Keith as Magadalena
* Nora Larraga as Health inspector
* Arlette Pacheco as News reporter
* Mara Barber as President's wife
* Daniela Romo as Laura
Awards
References
Buy El ao de la peste now from Amazon
<-- Return to movies from 1978