Against a background of war breaking out in Europe and the Mexican fiesta Day of Death, we are taken through one day in the life of Geoffrey Firmin, a British consul living in alcoholic disrepair and obscurity in a small southern Mexican town in 1939. The Consul’s self-destructive behaviour, perhaps a metaphor for a menaced civilization, is a source of perplexity and sadness to his nomadic, idealistic half-brother, Hugh, and his ex-wife, Yvonne, who has returned with hopes of healing Geoffrey and their broken marriage.
Release Date: 13 June 1984Runtime: 112 min
Stars:
- Albert Finney
- Anthony Andrews
- Araceli Ladewuen Castelun
- Carlos Riquelme
- Dawson Bray
- Eleazar Garcia Jr.
- Emilio Fernández
- Ignacio López Tarso
- Jacqueline Bisset
- James Villiers
- Jim McCarthy
- José René Ruiz
- Katy Jurado
- Salvador Sánchez
- Sergio Calderón
Director: John Huston
