Released:
1984-06-20

Overview:
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.

Director:
John Huston

Runtime:
1h 52min

Genre:
Drama

• Cast:
• 
  Albert Finney
  as
  Geoffrey Firmin
• 
  Jacqueline Bisset
  as
  Yvonne Firmin
• 
  Anthony Andrews
  as
  Hugh Firmin
• 
  Ignacio López Tarso
  as
  Dr. Vigil
• 
  Katy Jurado
  as
  Senora Gregoria