Movie
Under the Volcano (1984)
112 min
- Drama
- Director
- John Huston
- Released
- June 20, 1984
Synopsis
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.
Cast
- Albert Finney
- Jacqueline Bisset
- Anthony Andrews
- Ignacio López Tarso
- Katy Jurado
- James Villiers
- Dawson Bray
- Carlos Riquelme
- Jim McCarthy
- José René Ruiz
- Eleazar García Jr.
- Salvador Sánchez