Under the Volcano

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1984-06-13

Languages:

English, Spanish

Countries:

Mexico, USA

Runtime:

112 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

7.1 (3340 Reviews)

Director:

John Huston

Genres:

Drama

Cast:

Albert Finney Jacqueline Bisset Anthony Andrews Ignacio Lèpez Tarso

Writer:

Malcolm Lowry (novel)

Guy Gallo (screenplay)

Fullplot:

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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