Under the Volcano

Under the Volcano

112 mins | Drama | June 12, 1984

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.

Under the Volcano

112 mins | Drama | June 12, 1984

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 rating 6.8
Producers Universal Pictures, Ithaca, Conacite Uno
Original title Under the Volcano
Directors John Franco, John Huston
Writers Malcolm Lowry, Guy Gallo

Cast

Albert Finney

as Geoffrey Firmin

Jacqueline Bisset

as Yvonne Firmin

Anthony Andrews

as Hugh Firmin

Ignacio López Tarso

as Dr. Vigil

Katy Jurado

as Senora Gregoria

James Villiers

as Brit

Dawson Bray

as Quincey

Carlos Riquelme

as Bustamante

Jim McCarthy

as Gringo

José René Ruiz

as Dwarf

Eleazar García Jr.

as Chief of Gardens

Salvador Sánchez

as Chief of Stockyards

Sergio Calderón

as Chief of Municipality

Emilio Fernández

as Diosdado

Arturo Sarabia

as Cervantes

Roberto Sosa

as Few Fleas

Hugo Stiglitz

as Sinarquista

Ugo Moctezuma

as Latin Consul

Isabel Vázquez

as Chicken Lady

Gustavo Fernandez

as Transvestite

Alberto Olvera

as Matador

Eduardo Borbolla

as Don Juan Tenorio

Alejandro Suárez

as Doña Ines

Rodolfo De Alexandre

as Bus Driver

Juan Ángel Martínez

as Passenger

Mario Arévalo

as Horseman

Ramiro Ramírez

as Second Horseman

Günter Meisner

as Herr Krausberg (German Attaché) (uncredited)