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1983 | Color | 1h 52 min

Former British consul Geoffrey Firmin lives in Cuernavaca, Mexico, and is going through a profound emotional crisis that has driven him to alcoholism. His stepbrother Hugh is ashamed of him while his ex-wife Yvonne, who still loves him, pursues him. All this takes place as Firmin walks through the Mexican village on the Day of the Dead celebration in 1939


Country: México, Estados Unidos
Direction: Huston; John
Script: Gallo; Guy, Lowry; Malcolm
Production: Schulz-keil; Wieland, Fitzgerald; Michael, Borman; Mortiz
Photography: Figueroa; Gabriel
Sound: Palk; Anthony
Music: North; Alex, Beal (ii); John
Cast:Finney; Albert, Bisset; Jacqueline, Andrews; Anthony, Jurado; Katy, Villiers; James, López Tarso; Ignacio, Fernández; Emilio
Art direction: Gerzso; Gunther
Participation year at FICM: 2009

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