The last 24 hours in the life of Geoffrey Firmin, a lonely, depressed English consul who retreats to alcohol for solace.
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| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Albert Finney | ... | Geoffrey Firmin | |
| Jacqueline Bisset | ... | Yvonne Firmin | |
| Anthony Andrews | ... | Hugh Firmin | |
| Ignacio López Tarso | ... | Dr. Vigil (as Ignacio Lopez Tarzo) | |
| Katy Jurado | ... | Senora Gregoria | |
| James Villiers | ... | Brit | |
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Dawson Bray | ... | Quincey |
| Carlos Riquelme | ... | Bustamante | |
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Jim McCarthy | ... | Gringo |
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José René Ruiz | ... | Dwarf (as Rene Ruiz 'Tun-Tun') |
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Eleazar Garcia Jr. | ... | Chief of Gardens |
| Salvador Sánchez | ... | Chief of Stockyards (as Salvador Sanchez) | |
| Sergio Calderón | ... | Chief of Municipality (as Sergio Calderon) | |
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Araceli Ladewuen Castelun | ... | Maria |
| Emilio Fernández | ... | Diosdado (as Emilio Fernandez) | |
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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 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. Written by Eric Wees <eric_wees@ccmail.chin.doc.ca>
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one day time span | self destructiveness | male frontal nudity | male nudity | pubic hair |Taglines:
No se puede vivir sin amar. (One cannot live without love.)Genres:
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Yvonne Firmin: What?
Geoffrey Firmin: One cannot live without love.
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Second movie in a year set in a Latin American country with a central character who was an alcoholic British consul. In this film it was Albert Finney as the dipsomaniac diplomat Geoffrey Firmin, in the other movie, it was Michael Caine as the drunken diplomat Charley Fortnum, in Beyond the Limit (1983). See more »Goofs
The story takes place in 1939, but the car driven by James Villiers that almost hits Albert Finney as he is lying in the road is an MG-TF, which was manufactured between 1953 and 1956. See more »Quotes
Geoffrey Firmin: No si puede vivir sin amar.Yvonne Firmin: What?
Geoffrey Firmin: One cannot live without love.
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13 June 1984 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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Opening Weekend USA:
$31,000, 17 June 1984Gross USA:
$2,556,800Cumulative Worldwide Gross:
$2,556,800Company Credits
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I completely agree with Doc's review above, but I'll venture to suggest that the primary reason that the public has avoided this film is due solely to the film's very strong dose of basic human reality. Its one of my favorite films and I'm sad that its public "sales status" will prevent it from being re-released on DVD.