Under the Volcano (1984)
One cannot live without love.
Starring Albert Finney, Jacqueline Bisset, Anthony Andrews
Directed by John Huston
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.
Runtime: 112 min.
Rating: 6.9
DVD
Languages: English,Spanish
Countries: Mexico,United States of America
Genres: Drama
Keywords: mexico,bullfight,based on novel or book,depression,husband wife relationship,half-brother,alcoholism,alcoholic,drunk,tequila,consul,day of the dead,1930s,foreign diplomat
Cast
Geoffrey Firmin
Yvonne Firmin
Hugh Firmin
Dr. Vigil
Senora Gregoria
Brit
Quincey
Sinarquista
Herr Krausberg, the German Attaché (uncredited)