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
as Geoffrey Firmin
Jacqueline Bisset
as Yvonne Firmin
Anthony Andrews
as Hugh Firmin
Ignacio López Tarso
as Dr. Vigil
Katy Jurado
as Senora Gregoria
James Villiers
as Brit
Dawson Bray
as Quincey
Carlos Riquelme
as Bustamante
Jim McCarthy
as Gringo
José René Ruiz
as Dwarf
Eleazar García Jr.
as Chief of Gardens
Salvador Sánchez
as Chief of Stockyards
