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.

Albert Finney
Geoffrey Firmin

Jacqueline Bisset
Yvonne Firmin

Anthony Andrews
Hugh Firmin

Ignacio López Tarso
Dr. Vigil

Katy Jurado
Senora Gregoria

James Villiers
Brit
Dawson Bray
Quincey

Carlos Riquelme
Bustamante
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Release Date
June 20, 1984
Runtime
1h 52m
Genres
Drama
Director