The Plague
Charlie Polinger / US, RO, AU, AE, 2025 / 98 min.
Exceptional mix of body horror and psychodrama focusing on social codes among a group of boys. 12-year-old Ben is dragged into a cruel game in which one boy is picked out to be excluded as an ‘outcast’. Feature debut by young American filmmaker Charlie Polinger.
The Plague follows a group of 12-year-olds at summer camp. Insecure Ben tries to fit in with the social hierarchy within the group of boys. He befriends Eli, a lone outsider who the others have decided is the carrier of a fictitious sickness they call ‘the plague’.
Details
Director
Charlie Polinger
Production year
2025
Country
US, RO, AU, AE
Original title
The Plague
Length
98 min.
Language
English
Subtitles
NLD
Format
DCP
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