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Under the Volcano

One cannot live without love.

  • Movie
  • 1984
  • R
  • 1h 52m

Directed by John Huston

6.6

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6.6 out of 10 from 108 votes

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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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Cast and crew

  • Albert Finney

    Albert FinneyGeoffrey Firmin

  • Jacqueline Bisset

    Jacqueline BissetYvonne Firmin

  • Anthony Andrews

    Anthony AndrewsHugh Firmin

  • Ignacio López Tarso

    Ignacio López TarsoDr. Vigil

  • Katy Jurado

    Katy JuradoSenora Gregoria

  • James Villiers

    James VilliersBrit

  • Dawson BrayQuincey

  • Carlos Riquelme

    Carlos RiquelmeBustamante

  • Jim McCarthyGringo

  • José René Ruiz

    José René RuizDwarf

  • Eleazar García Jr.

    Eleazar García Jr.Chief of Gardens

  • Salvador Sánchez

    Salvador SánchezChief of Stockyards

  • Sergio Calderón

    Sergio CalderónChief of Municipality

  • Araceli Ladewuen CastelunMaria

  • Emilio Fernández

    Emilio FernándezDiosdado

  • Arturo SarabiaCervantes

  • Roberto Sosa

    Roberto SosaFew Fleas

  • Hugo Stiglitz

    Hugo StiglitzSinarquista

Director
John Huston
Writer
Malcolm Lowry and Guy Gallo
Music
Alex North
Cinematography
Gabriel Figueroa