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.
Genre: Drama
Stars: Albert Finney, Jacqueline Bisset, Anthony Andrews, Ignacio López Tarso, Katy Jurado, James Villiers
Crew: John Huston (Director), Malcolm Lowry (Novel), Manuel Muñoz (First Assistant Director), Dennis Shaw (Second Assistant Director), Elsa Wachter (Set Designer), Colin Charles (Sound Mixer)
Country: Mexico, United States of America
Language: Español, English
Studio: Conacite Uno, Ithaca, Universal Pictures
Runtime: 112 minutes
Quality: HD
Released: Jun 20, 1984
IMDb: 4.5
