The read
Every source lands within 6 points of the others.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb6.8/10
Rotten Tomatoes74%
Metacritic70/100
106 audience votes
Key crew
- John HustonDirector
- Alex NorthOriginal Music Composer
- Guy GalloScreenplay
Cast
- Albert FinneyGeoffrey Firmin
- Jacqueline BissetYvonne Firmin
- Anthony AndrewsHugh Firmin
- Ignacio López TarsoDr. Vigil
- Katy JuradoSenora Gregoria
- James VilliersBrit
- Dawson BrayQuincey
- Carlos RiquelmeBustamante
- Jim McCarthyGringo
- José René RuizDwarf
- Eleazar García Jr.Chief of Gardens
- Salvador SánchezChief of Stockyards
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Themes
depressionmexicohusband wife relationshipbullfightingbased on novel or bookfascismhalf-brotheralcoholismalcoholicdrunkcuckoldconsul