Under the Volcano (1984)
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.
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Albert FinneyGeoffrey Firmin
Jacqueline BissetYvonne Firmin
Anthony AndrewsHugh Firmin
Ignacio López TarsoDr. Vigil
Katy JuradoSenora Gregoria
James VilliersBritDawson BrayQuincey
Hugo StiglitzSinarquistaJim McCarthyGringo
José René RuizDwarf
Carlos RiquelmeBustamante
Eleazar García Jr.Chief of GardensKeywords
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What is Under the Volcano about?
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.
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Under the Volcano has a runtime of 112 minutes.
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