Under the Volcano
“One cannot live without love.”
6.5
Rating
(98 votes)
1h 52m
Runtime
1984
Released
4
Popularity
Genres
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.
Status
Released
Original Title
Under the Volcano
Release Date
1984-06-20
Languages
Spanish, English
Directors
Writers
Guy GalloScreenplay
