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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.

Top 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

  • Dawson Bray

    Dawson Bray

    Quincey

  • Carlos Riquelme

    Carlos Riquelme

    Bustamante

  • Jim McCarthy

    Jim McCarthy

    Gringo

Overview

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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