The Plague

Opens Wednesday, December 24, 2025

I n 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

  • Country USA, Romania
  • Running Time 95 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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