El Año de la Peste is a Mexican

Mexico

The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...

 motion picture categorized as drama

Drama film

A drama film is a film genre that depends mostly on in-depth development of realistic characters dealing with emotional themes. Dramatic themes such as alcoholism, drug addiction, infidelity, moral dilemmas, racial prejudice, religious intolerance, poverty, class divisions, violence against women...

, thriller and Sci-Fi

Science fiction film

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. It was filmed in 1978 and released in 1979. The production counted with the famous Colombian writer Gabriel García Márquez

Gabriel García Márquez

Gabriel José de la Concordia García Márquez is a Colombian novelist, short-story writer, screenwriter and journalist, known affectionately as Gabo throughout Latin America. He is considered one of the most significant authors of the 20th century. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in...

 for the adapted screenplay

Film adaptation

Film adaptation is the transfer of a written work to a feature film. It is a type of derivative work.A common form of film adaptation is the use of a novel as the basis of a feature film, but film adaptation includes the use of non-fiction , autobiography, comic book, scripture, plays, and even...

 from the novel of Daniel Defoe

Daniel Defoe

Daniel Defoe , born Daniel Foe, was an English trader, writer, journalist, and pamphleteer, who gained fame for his novel Robinson Crusoe. Defoe is notable for being one of the earliest proponents of the novel, as he helped to popularise the form in Britain and along with others such as Richardson,...

 A Journal of the Plague Year

A Journal of the Plague Year

A Journal of the Plague Year is a novel by Daniel Defoe, first published in March 1722.The novel is a fictionalised account of one man's experiences of the year 1665, in which the Great Plague struck the city of London...

published in March 1722.

Synopsis

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.

Cast

• Alejandro Parodi
• José Carlos Ruiz
• Rebeca Silva
• Narciso Busquets
• Tito Junco
• Ignacio Retes
  Gabriel Retes
  José Ignacio Gabriel Jorge Retes Balzaretti is a Mexican film director. His 1977 film Paper Flowers was entered into the 28th Berlin International Film Festival.-Filmography:*Arresto domiciliario...
  
  
• Eduardo Alcaraz
• Héctor Godoy
• Humberto Elizondo
• Zully Keith
• Leonor Llausás
• Arlette Pacheco
• Daniela Romo
  Daniela Romo
  Daniela Romo is a Mexican singer, actress and TV host. Daniela Romo was born Teresita Presmanes Corona in Mexico City to Teresa Corona. Her parents never married, and Daniela and her sister Patricia were raised by their grandmother...
  
  
• María Barber

Awards

Year	Award	Category	Recipients and nominees	Result
Oct. 27, 1980	Ariel Awards Ariel Award The Ariel is the Mexican Academy of Film Award. It has been awarded annually since 1947. The award recognizes excellence in motion picture making, such as acting, directing and screenwriting in Mexican cinema. It is considered the most prestigious award in the Mexican movie industry.- History :The...	Golden Ariel Golden Ariel The Golden Ariel is the highest award for film in Mexico, given to individuals and institutions as part of the Ariel Award program by the Mexican Academy of Film.-2006:*Ernesto Alonso...	Felipe Cazals Felipe Cazals Felipe Cazals is a Mexican film director, screenwriter and producer born in Guethary, France, but registered as born in Zapopan, Jalisco, where he lived his childhood, before being established with his family in Mexico City...	Won
		Best Direction Ariel Award The Ariel is the Mexican Academy of Film Award. It has been awarded annually since 1947. The award recognizes excellence in motion picture making, such as acting, directing and screenwriting in Mexican cinema. It is considered the most prestigious award in the Mexican movie industry.- History :The...	Felipe Cazals Felipe Cazals Felipe Cazals is a Mexican film director, screenwriter and producer born in Guethary, France, but registered as born in Zapopan, Jalisco, where he lived his childhood, before being established with his family in Mexico City...	Won
		Best Screenplay Ariel Award The Ariel is the Mexican Academy of Film Award. It has been awarded annually since 1947. The award recognizes excellence in motion picture making, such as acting, directing and screenwriting in Mexican cinema. It is considered the most prestigious award in the Mexican movie industry.- History :The...	Gabriel García Márquez Gabriel García Márquez Gabriel José de la Concordia García Márquez is a Colombian novelist, short-story writer, screenwriter and journalist, known affectionately as Gabo throughout Latin America. He is considered one of the most significant authors of the 20th century. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in... Juan Arturo Brennan	Won
May 18, 1980	Mexican Cinema Journalists	Best Screenplay, Adapted	Gabriel García Márquez Gabriel García Márquez Gabriel José de la Concordia García Márquez is a Colombian novelist, short-story writer, screenwriter and journalist, known affectionately as Gabo throughout Latin America. He is considered one of the most significant authors of the 20th century. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in... Juan Arturo Brennan	Won