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Plague Season

Name: Plague Season
Director: Gabriela Calvache
Released: 2025
Duration: 19 min

Representation Score

8.6/10

Excellent

2025

13+

Director

Gabriela Calvache

Runtime

19 minutes

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Plague Season (2025) uses horror and science fiction to explore the breakdown of domestic stability during an ecological collapse. The film focuses on the tension between human survival and the consequences of industrial negligence. By centering on a female-led household, the film deconstructs traditional power structures and highlights the fragility of individuals in a failing environment. While the film offers a provocative critique of industrial capitalism and environmental issues, specific character identities and casting details remain unverified, keeping representation metrics at a baseline level.

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Category Breakdown

Does Plague Season have LGBTQ+ representation?

Fair

The film does not explicitly confirm any LGBTQ+ characters, but it explores non-traditional family dynamics in a domestic setting.

How does Plague Season portray gender?

Good

The story emphasizes a daughter's and a sick mother's survival in the absence of a father, shifting focus away from patriarchal leadership.

How racially and ethnically diverse is Plague Season?

Fair

The setting may address environmental degradation affecting specific ethnic communities, though casting details remain unverified.

How does Plague Season represent religion and culture?

Excellent

The film critiques Western industrial capitalism by focusing on foreign waste and prioritizes survival-based morality over technological optimism.

Does Plague Season include disability representation?

Good

The presence of a sick mother introduces themes of chronic illness, and her condition influences the protagonist's actions.

Present on Screen

Strong focus on women's ability to drive the story and survival.
Critique of industrial capitalism and environmental negligence.
Engagement with themes of chronic illness and vulnerability.

Limited or Absent

Lack of explicit confirmation of LGBTQ+ character identities.
Unverified details regarding specific racial and ethnic casting.
Potential for disability themes to serve as mere plot devices.

Official Synopsis

While her father is away, a girl hears strange noises from her sick mother’s room. As nature and humans suffer from foreign waste, she longs to see her mother—but is she ready for what’s behind the door?

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