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.
Editor's Verdict
"The movie's setting is specified as the 'Day of Death' (Day of the Dead) fiesta in Mexico, which is in late October/early November, not the Christmas season. There is no indication of Christmas involvement in the plot, themes, or resolution."
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