Title: Under the Volcano (Under the Volcano)
Release Date: 1984-06-20
IMDB ID: tt0088322
Vote Average: 6.51 (99 votes)
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.
Cast: Albert Finney (Geoffrey Firmin), Jacqueline Bisset (Yvonne Firmin), Anthony Andrews (Hugh Firmin), Ignacio López Tarso (Dr. Vigil), Katy Jurado (Senora Gregoria), James Villiers (Brit),
Crew: Malcolm Lowry (Novel), John Huston (Director), Dennis Shaw (Second Assistant Director), Elsa Wachter (Set Designer), Colin Charles (Sound Mixer), Daniel J. Johnson (Assistant Sound Editor),
Release Date: 1984-06-20
IMDB ID: tt0088322
Vote Average: 6.51 (99 votes)
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.
Cast: Albert Finney (Geoffrey Firmin), Jacqueline Bisset (Yvonne Firmin), Anthony Andrews (Hugh Firmin), Ignacio López Tarso (Dr. Vigil), Katy Jurado (Senora Gregoria), James Villiers (Brit),
Crew: Malcolm Lowry (Novel), John Huston (Director), Dennis Shaw (Second Assistant Director), Elsa Wachter (Set Designer), Colin Charles (Sound Mixer), Daniel J. Johnson (Assistant Sound Editor),