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The Plague

IFC Center
Monday, Dec 15, 2025 8:30 PM
Event Pricing
Admission General Admission - $18.00
Admission Senior - $15.00
Admission Child - $15.00

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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



Film Details
Country:USA, Romania
Format:DCP
Running Time:98
Trailer URL (YouTube or Vimeo):https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QGMRkHPAaVU
Director:Charlie Polinger
Cast:Joel Edgerton
Everett Blunck
Kayo Martin
Kenny Rasmussen
Accessibility:Assistive Listening
T-Coil
Closed Captioning
Pull Quote
Pull Quote:"An auspicious debut...technically ambitious and fiercely observant of adolescent anxieties."
Publication:Little White Lies