Open AccessPolska inspiracja scenariusza Gabriela Garcíi Márqueza? Londyn-Wrocław-Meksyk i zaraza w wielkim mieście
Author(s) -
Urszula Ługowska
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
ameryka łacińska
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2081-1152
pISSN - 1506-8900
DOI - 10.7311/20811152.2020.109.110.01
Subject(s) - garcia , humanities , art
The article presents a comparative analysis of two1970sfilms dedicated tothe sub-ject ofanepidemic: Zaraza (1971) by a Polish director Roman Załuski, with a screenplay by Jerzy Ambroziewicz and Załuski; and El año de la peste (1979) directed bya Mexican director Felipe Cazalsand co-writtenby Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Juan Arturo Brennan,and José Agustin. The article presentsahypothesis that the script forEl año de la peste was inspired by Zaraza and that, by tellinga story about ahypothetical courseof events during an epidemic inMexico City in 1970s,El añode la pesteenters intoa kind of dialogue with Zaraza–a film that coversactual events that tookplace in Wrocław in 1963