6.6/10
Under the Volcano
"One cannot live without love."
1984
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1h 52min
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
Starring
Albert Finney · Jacqueline Bisset · Anthony Andrews · Ignacio López Tarso · Katy Jurado
