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 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

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