Under the Volcano

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Under the Volcano

One cannot live without love.

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

1984-06-20

Year

1984

Duration

1h 52m

Status

Released

Score

6.53

Genres

#depression#mexico#husband-wife-relationship#bullfighting#based-on-novel-or-book#fascism#half-brother#alcoholism#alcoholic#drunk#cuckold#consul#day-of-the-dead#1930s#foreign-diplomat

Cast

Albert Finney

Albert Finney

Geoffrey Firmin

Jacqueline Bisset

Jacqueline Bisset

Yvonne Firmin

Anthony Andrews

Anthony Andrews

Hugh Firmin

Ignacio López Tarso

Ignacio López Tarso

Dr. Vigil

Katy Jurado

Katy Jurado

Senora Gregoria

James Villiers

James Villiers

Brit

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Dawson Bray

Quincey

Carlos Riquelme

Carlos Riquelme

Bustamante

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Jim McCarthy

Gringo

José René Ruiz

José René Ruiz

Dwarf