Under the Volcano (1984)
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.
Directed by: John Huston
Top Billed Cast: Jim McCarthy, Dawson Bray, Albert Finney
Runtime: 112 minutes
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Albert Finney
Geoffrey Firmin
Jacqueline Bisset
Yvonne Firmin
Anthony Andrews
Hugh Firmin
Ignacio López Tarso
Dr. Vigil
Katy Jurado
Senora Gregoria
James Villiers
Brit
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Dawson Bray
Quincey
Carlos Riquelme
Bustamante
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Jim McCarthy
Gringo
José René Ruiz
Dwarf
Eleazar García Jr.
Chief of Gardens
Salvador Sánchez
Chief of Stockyards
Sergio Calderón
Chief of Municipality
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Araceli Ladewuen Castelun
Maria
Emilio Fernández
Diosdado
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Arturo Sarabia
Cervantes
Roberto Sosa
Few Fleas
Hugo Stiglitz
Sinarquista
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Ugo Moctezuma
Latin Consul
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Isabel Vázquez
Chicken Lady
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Gustavo Fernandez
Transvestite
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Irene Díaz de Dávila
Concepta
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Alberto Olvera
Matador
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Eduardo Borbolla
Don Juan Tenorio
Alejandro Suárez
Doña Ines
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Rodolfo De Alexandre
Bus Driver
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Juan Ángel Martínez
Passenger
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Martín Palomares Carrión
Dead Indian
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Mario Arévalo
Horseman
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Ramiro Ramírez
Second Horseman
Günter Meisner
Herr Krausberg (German Attaché) (uncredited)
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Alfonso Castro Valle
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