

Under the Volcano
One cannot live without love.
Genres
Overview
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.
Details
Budget
$0
Revenue
$0
Runtime
112 min
Release Date
1984-06-20
Status
Released
Original Language
English
Vote Count
96
Vote Average
6.5
Albert Finney
Geoffrey Firmin
Jacqueline Bisset
Yvonne Firmin
Anthony Andrews
Hugh Firmin
Ignacio López Tarso
Dr. Vigil
Katy Jurado
Senora Gregoria
James Villiers
Brit
Dawson Bray
Quincey
Carlos Riquelme
Bustamante
Jim McCarthy
Gringo
José René Ruiz
Dwarf
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Chief of Gardens
Salvador Sánchez
Chief of Stockyards
Sergio Calderón
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Araceli Ladewuen Castelun
Maria
Emilio Fernández
Diosdado
Arturo Sarabia
Cervantes
Roberto Sosa
Few Fleas
Hugo Stiglitz
Sinarquista
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Latin Consul
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Chicken Lady
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Transvestite
Irene Díaz de Dávila
Concepta
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Matador
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Don Juan Tenorio
Alejandro Suárez
Doña Ines
Rodolfo De Alexandre
Bus Driver
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Passenger
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Dead Indian
Mario Arévalo
Horseman
Ramiro Ramírez
Second Horseman
Günter Meisner
Herr Krausberg (German Attaché) (uncredited)
Alfonso Castro Valle
(uncredited)
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