Under the Volcano

One cannot live without love.

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

Jim McCarthy

Gringo

José René Ruiz

Dwarf

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

Manuel Muñoz

First Assistant Director

Karen Price

Stunts

Elvio Sordoni

Assistant Editor

Arnold Gefsky

Associate Producer

Clips & Videos

Under the Volcano (1984) ORIGINAL TRAILER [HQ]

Under The Volcano 1984 Trailer

John Huston Directs Under the Volcano