The Plague

In the 1990s, a South American city suffers the outbreak of a plague. The people react in different ways: Dr. Rieux tries to cure the sick, two French journalists expect sensational headlines, pious believers lament this God-given scourge.

The Plague is a 1992 drama movie directed by Luis Puenzo, starring William Hurt, Jean-Marc Barr, Sandrine Bonnaire. It holds an IMDb rating of 5.6/10 from 1,034 votes and runs 2h 28m.