The Honorary Consul
  • Title: The Honorary Consul
  • Original Title: The Honorary Consul
  • Release Date: 30/09/1983
  • Tagline: First they betrayed him. Then they gambled with his life.
  • Budget: $11,800,000.00
  • Duration:104 Min / 01:44
  • Country:GB
  • Genre:ActionDramaRomance

About Film

Set in a small politically unstable Latin American country, the story follows the half English and half Latino Dr. Eduardo Plarr, who left his home to find a better life. Along the way he meets an array of people, including British Consul Charley Fortnum, a representative in Latin America who is trying to keep Revolution from occurring. He is also a remorseful alcoholic. Another person the doctor meets is Clara, whom he immediately falls in love with, but there is a problem: Clara is Charley's wife.

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