Under the Volcano
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.
IMDB: 6.9/5,540 TMDB: Votes/6.8
Duration: 112 min
Genres:
Drama
Casts:
Albert Finney, Jacqueline Bisset, Anthony Andrews
Director:
John Huston
Country:
Mexico, United States
Date Added:
1984-06-12