
Under the Volcano ( 1984 )
"One cannot live without love."
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.
Top 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

Eleazar García Jr.
Chief of Gardens

Salvador Sánchez
Chief of Stockyards

Sergio Calderón
Chief of Municipality

Araceli Ladewuen Castelun
Maria

Emilio Fernández
Diosdado

Arturo Sarabia
Cervantes

Roberto Sosa
Few Fleas

Hugo Stiglitz
Sinarquista

Ugo Moctezuma
Latin Consul

Isabel Vázquez
Chicken Lady

Gustavo Fernandez
Transvestite

Irene Díaz de Dávila
Concepta

Alberto Olvera
Matador

Eduardo Borbolla
Don Juan Tenorio

Alejandro Suárez
Doña Ines

Rodolfo De Alexandre
Bus Driver

Juan Ángel Martínez
Passenger

Martín Palomares Carrión
Dead Indian

Mario Arévalo
Horseman

Ramiro Ramírez
Second Horseman

Günter Meisner
Herr Krausberg (German Attaché) (uncredited)

Alfonso Castro Valle
(uncredited)
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