Under the Volcano
“One cannot live without love.”
1984•R•1h 52m•6.6•Released
Drama
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.
Director
John Huston
Writer
Guy Gallo
Languages
Spanish, English
Studio
Ithaca
Cast
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
Carlos Riquelme
Bustamante
Jim McCarthy
Gringo
José René Ruiz
Dwarf
Eleazar García Jr.
Chief of Gardens
Salvador Sánchez
Chief of Stockyards
Sergio Calderón
Chief of Municipality
Araceli Ladewuen Castelun
Maria
Emilio Fernández
Diosdado
Production
Company
Ithaca
Company
Conacite Uno
Producer
Moritz Borman
Producer
Wieland Schulz-Keil
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