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One cannot live without love. - Under the Volcano
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Title: Under the Volcano

Release Date: 20 Jun 1984

Runtime: 1h 52m

Genre: Drama

Director: Conacite Uno, Ithaca, Universal Pictures

Production Companies: Conacite Uno, Ithaca, Universal Pictures

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.

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Average Vote: 6.495 (94 votes)

Cast

  • Geoffrey Firmin: Albert Finney
  • Yvonne Firmin: Jacqueline Bisset
  • Hugh Firmin: Anthony Andrews
  • Dr. Vigil: Ignacio López Tarso
  • Senora Gregoria: Katy Jurado
  • Brit: James Villiers
  • Quincey: Dawson Bray
  • Bustamante: Carlos Riquelme
  • Gringo: Jim McCarthy
  • Dwarf: José René Ruiz
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