简介：Inthe1990s,aSouthAmericancityisrockedbytheimminentoutbreakofaplague.Whilemanyattempttofleethecity,DrBernardRieuxsendshissickwifeawayanddoeshisbesttocarefortheplague'svictims.Theplaguemeansdifferentthingstodifferentpeople:tothedoctor,it'sadiseasetobecured.ToapairofFrenchjournalists,it'sabreakingnewsstory.Toreligiousleaders,it'spunishmentforsins.Asthesenseofisolationandhopelessnessgrow,DrRieuxandhisassociatesbegintoquestiontheirpreviously-acceptedfeelingsofjustice,loneliness,andlove.…