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.

Cast

Albert Finney

Albert Finney

as Geoffrey Firmin

Jacqueline Bisset

Jacqueline Bisset

as Yvonne Firmin

Anthony Andrews

Anthony Andrews

as Hugh Firmin

Ignacio López Tarso

Ignacio López Tarso

as Dr. Vigil

Katy Jurado

Katy Jurado

as Senora Gregoria

James Villiers

James Villiers

as Brit

Dawson Bray

Dawson Bray

as Quincey

Carlos Riquelme

Carlos Riquelme

as Bustamante

Jim McCarthy

Jim McCarthy

as Gringo

José René Ruiz

José René Ruiz

as Dwarf

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