Monday, December 15 at 8:30: Sneak preview + Q&A with star Kayo Martin after the screening
Thursday, January 15 at 9:35: Screening on 35mm
Please note that there are additional showtimes of THE PLAGUE that screen with open captions (on-screen display of dialogue and sounds). For those showtimes, click here. Please note that closed captioning is not available for 35mm screenings of THE PLAGUE.
In the summer of 2003 at an all-boys water polo camp, a socially anxious twelve-year-old is pulled into a cruel tradition targeting an outcast with an illness they call “The Plague.” But as the lines between game and reality blur, he fears the joke might be hiding something real.
Official Selection: Cannes Film Festival
Best Picture, Fantastic Fest
3 Independent Spirit Award Nominations: Best Feature, Best Lead Performance, Best Breakthrough Performance
“Has a familiar coming-of-age narrative, but stranger, subtler undercurrents of creeping dismay at the men these boys will become.” - Variety