Plarr into a showcase for Richard Gere represents a totally inappropriate intrusion of the director into the story's subject matter. The Honorary Consul (released in the US as Beyond The Limit) is a 1983 British drama film directed by John Mackenzie, and starring Michael Caine, Richard Gere, Bob Hoskins and Elpidia Carrillo.

Fortnum spends much of his time, as he faces up to his impending death, sentimentalizing about Clara and remembering the fearsome figure of his father. This is a mildly interesting picture for viewers who like a hint of subtlety to spice their viewing experience. Nonetheless, he finds himself obsessed by Clara and seduces her with a pair of highly decorative sunglasses. During a dirty war a half-English doctor in Argentina befriends the police, the rebels and the alcoholic Honorary British Consul, whose Latino wife he seduces.Despite Plarr warning the dissidents that Fortnum has no value to the authorities, the group proceed with their demand for the release of ten political prisoners. Plarr is again summoned to the shack, this time to treat Fortnum for a gunshot wound sustained while trying to flee from a latrine. Visiting the town brothel with Saavedra, Plarr is attracted to a girl, Clara, but she is taken by another man. Plarr initially refuses, but reluctantly agrees when Leon tells him that his father is one of the prisoners. Along the way he meets an array of people, including British Consul Charley Fortnum (Michael Caine), a representative in Latin America who is trying to keep revolution from occurring.

When the police deadline is about to expire, Plarr goes out to talk with them, with Leon shooting him in his leg.

Army paratroopers surround the hut while the failed priest, Rivas, conducts a makeshift mass inside with the rain coming down.

Plarr's mother, once a beauty and now bloated, along with some of his previous mistresses, attends his funeral. The Honorary Consul is a 1983 British drama film directed by John Mackenzie and starring Michael Caine, Richard Gere, Bob Hoskins and Elpidia Carrillo.Starring: Michael Caine, Richard Gere, Bob Hoskins, Elpidia Carrillo, Joaquim de Almeida, A Martinez, Stephanie Cotsirilos, Domingo Ambriz, Geoffrey Palmer, Jorge Russek, Erika Carlsson, George Belanger. In the United Kingdom, it is currently more popular than Them but less popular than Just Like Heaven. The one character who is neither confused nor mechanical is the honorary consul, played by Michael Caine in an outstanding per- formance. His party sets out in two cars, with Fortnum driving the first car, the ambassador in the passenger seat. Now a practicing doctor in a small Argentinian city, Plarr is approached by an old friend who tells him he's working with the Paraguayan underground and a disgraced British counsel (Michael Caine) on a plan to kidnap an ambassador and hold him for ransom in exchange for the release of Parr's father and several other prisoners.