Contagion is a 2011 American
thriller film directed by
Steven Soderbergh. Its
ensemble cast includes
Marion Cotillard,
Matt Damon,
Laurence Fishburne,
Jude Law,
Gwyneth Paltrow,
Kate Winslet,
Bryan Cranston,
Jennifer Ehle, and
Sanaa Lathan. The plot concerns the spread of a virus
transmitted by
respiratory droplets and
fomites, attempts by medical researchers and public health officials to identify and contain the disease, the loss of social order in a
pandemic,
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vaccine to halt its spread. To follow several interacting plot lines, the film makes use of the
multi-narrative "hyperlink cinema" style, popularized in several of Soderbergh's films.
Following their collaboration on
The Informant! (2009), Soderbergh and screenwriter
Scott Z. Burns discussed a film depicting the rapid spread of a virus, inspired by pandemics such as the
2002–2004 SARS outbreak and the
2009 flu pandemic. Burns consulted with representatives of the
World Health Organization as well as medical experts such as
W. Ian Lipkin and
Lawrence "Larry" Brilliant. Principal photography started in
Hong Kong in September 2010, and continued in
Chicago,
Atlanta,
London,
Geneva, and
San Francisco until February 2011.
Contagion premiered at the
68th Venice International Film Festival in
Venice, Italy on September 3, 2011, and was theatrically released on September 9, 2011. Commercially, the film made $136.5 million against its $60 million production budget. It was praised by critics for its narrative and the performances. It was also well received by scientists, who lauded its accuracy. The film has received renewed popularity during the
2019–20 coronavirus pandemic.
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