The Plague (original title: La Peste) is a 1992 Argentine-French-British drama film written and directed by Luis Puenzo and starring William Hurt, Sandrine Bonnaire, Robert Duvall and Raul Julia. It is based on the novel La Peste by Albert Camus. It entered the competition at the 49th Venice International Film Festival.
Set in the 1990s, 'The Plague' tells the story of Dr. Bernard Rieux. Unlike the book, which was set in the 1940s in Oran in French-occupied Algeria, the film takes place in the fictitious city of Oran in South America, where several cases of plague have been recorded. The authorities wanted to hide the disease from the population, but the news reached the citizenry. The city was quarantined and surrounded by the army, preventing anyone from getting in or out.