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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… Read more
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1984 · 1h 52m · ★ 49% (13K)
One cannot live without love.
Director: John Huston
Starring: Albert Finney, Jacqueline Bisset, Anthony Andrews
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.
John Huston
Ithaca, Conacite Uno
Albert Finney, Jacqueline Bisset, Anthony Andrews, Ignacio López Tarso, Katy Jurado, James Villiers, Dawson Bray, Carlos Riquelme, Jim McCarthy, José René Ruiz, Eleazar García Jr., Salvador Sánchez, Sergio Calderón, Araceli Ladewuen Castelun, Emilio Fernández, Arturo Sarabia, Roberto Sosa, Hugo Stiglitz, Ugo Moctezuma, Isabel Vázquez
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