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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
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