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Under the Volcano (1984)

Under the Volcano (1984)

Drama

One cannot live without love.

Release Date: 1984, June 20
Directors: John Huston
Countries: Mexico, United States of America
Production: Ithaca, Conacite Uno
Cast: Sergio Calderón, Albert Finney, Roberto Sosa, Günter Meisner, James Villiers, Anthony Andrews, Katy Jurado, Jacqueline Bisset, Rodolfo De Alexandre, Salvador Sánchez, Mario Arévalo, Ignacio López Tarso

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.

Keywords:

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