The Plague

Opens Wednesday, December 24, 2025

Special Events

• Mon Dec 15 : 

  Sneak preview + Q&A with star Kayo Martin after the 8:30 screening

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SHOWTIMES AT IFC CENTER

• Mon Dec 15

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Monday, December 15 at 8:30:  Sneak preview + Q&A with star Kayo Martin after the screening

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

“Has a familiar coming-of-age narrative, but stranger, subtler undercurrents of creeping dismay at the men these boys will become.” – Variety

Showtimes for December 24-30 to be announced.

• Country USA, Romania
• Running Time 98 minutes
• Format DCP
• Distributor IFC Entertainment Group
• Director Charlie Polinger
• Cast Joel Edgerton, Everett Blunck, Kayo Martin, Kenny Rasmussen
• Accessibility Assistive Listening, T-Coil

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