Under the Volcano

One cannot live without love.

Under the Volcano — Plot

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.

• Release date
• June 20, 1984
• Runtime
• 112 min
• Genres
• Drama
• Director
• John Huston

Under the Volcano — Cast

Albert Finney Geoffrey Firmin Jacqueline Bisset Yvonne Firmin Anthony Andrews Hugh Firmin Ignacio López Tarso Dr. Vigil Katy Jurado Senora Gregoria James Villiers Brit

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Dawson Bray Quincey Carlos Riquelme Bustamante