The Plague
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At an all-boys water polo camp, a socially awkward 12-year-old is pulled into a cruel tradition targeting an outcast with an illness they call “The Plague.” As he endures the ruthless hierarchy, his anxiety spirals into psychological turmoil while the lines between game and reality blur, and he fears the joke might be hiding something real.
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Independent Film Company distributes in the US. The film opens in New York and Los Angeles on December 24th, before expanding nationwide on January 2nd.
The feature film directorial debut of Charlie Polinger, who was quoted saying: "What happens when being part of a group… is at odds with your belief system or your empathy or your values? I think that that applies on all scales, politically, culturally. You definitely see that happening right now in the world, not just with kids… The way that people can enable a certain voice that is maybe not a voice towards positive, but that there’s the person who has the most charisma or the most assuredness, there is a sense that people will follow that even if they don’t agree." Adding..."You see how behind the scenes some of the kids are kind of dissenting with Jake’s philosophy on ‘The Plague’. But when they’re with them together, everyone has to conform because they’re too scared to risk alienation."
This is said to be a psychological horror drama.