Under the Volcano
1984 · ★ 6.5 · Dir. John Huston
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.
- Released
- 1984-06-12
- Runtime
- 112 min
- Rated
- R
- Language
- EN
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Albert Finney
Geoffrey Firmin
Jacqueline Bisset
Yvonne Firmin
Anthony Andrews
Hugh Firmin
Ignacio López Tarso
Dr. Vigil
Katy Jurado
Senora Gregoria
James Villiers
Brit
Dawson Bray
Quincey
Hugo Stiglitz
Sinarquista
Jim McCarthy
Gringo
José René Ruiz
Dwarf
Carlos Riquelme
Bustamante
Eleazar García Jr.
Chief of Gardens
Keywords
Husband wife relationshipBased on novel or bookAlcoholicMexicoDay of the dead1930sHalf-brotherDepressionAlcoholismBullfightingFascismConsulDrunkBullfightTequilaCuckoldForeign diplomatBrothers love same woman
