The Plague

The Plague (2023) is a stark Sakha drama from director Dmitry Davydov that you can watch online on iFILM. Two motherless families live across the road from each other in a small Yakut village.

Quiet, put-upon Ivan has spent years swallowing humiliation from his neighbor, the brash and cocksure Tikhon. Then Tikhon beats him in front of his teenage son — and the boy stops respecting his father, drifting instead toward the man who hurt him, the one who looks strong. Davydov shoots lean and cold, with no swelling score, and that hush cuts deeper than any fistfight. It's a film about how a child decides who to become, and how easily kindness gets mistaken for weakness. Made for viewers who don't need tidy answers. Stream The Plague online on iFILM.