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.
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Cast
32 people
Albert Finney
Geoffrey Firmin
Known for
Big Fish
Erin Brockovich
Jacqueline Bisset
Yvonne Firmin
Known for
Day for Night
Bullitt
Anthony Andrews
Hugh Firmin
Known for
The English Game
Brideshead Revisited
Ignacio López Tarso
Dr. Vigil
Known for
Wild at Heart
¡Vivan los niños!
Katy Jurado
Senora Gregoria
Known for
High Noon
Te Sigo Amando
James Villiers
Brit
Known for
House of Cards
Repulsion
Dawson Bray
Quincey
Carlos Riquelme
Bustamante
Known for
El patrullero 777
Snow White and Her 7 Lovers
Jim McCarthy
Gringo
Also in
The Cooler
White Trash At Heart
José René Ruiz
Dwarf
Known for
Tres lancheros muy picudos
Diabolical Narco Satanists
Eleazar García Jr.
Chief of Gardens
Also in
El pozolero
Las Muertas de Juárez
Salvador Sánchez
Chief of Stockyards
Known for
Alegrijes y Rebujos
Burden of Guilt
John Huston Director · Guy Gallo Screenplay Malcolm Lowry Author
Worldwide gross $2.6M · United States release June 12, 1984 · Produced in United States, Mexico
Box office
Worldwide gross
$2,556,800
Production
Ithaca
Production
Conacite Uno
Production
Universal Pictures
Studio
Ithaca Pictures
Production
United States · Mexico
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English · Spanish
Release dates
France · May 18, 1984
Premiere · Cannes Film Festival
United States · June 12, 1984
Premiere
Mexico · March 28, 1985
Theatrical
Argentina
November 15, 1984 · Theatrical
Brazil
June 20, 1984 · Theatrical
Denmark
June 20, 1984 · TV
Finland
June 20, 1984 · Theatrical
France
September 12, 1984 · Theatrical
October 8, 2008 · Physical · DVD
October 7, 2020 · Theatrical · Re-release
April 7, 2021 · Physical · Blu-Ray
July 26, 2021 · Digital · VOD
November 25, 2021 · Digital · Prime Video
Greece
August 18, 2016 · Theatrical
Japan
August 17, 1985 · Theatrical
Netherlands
October 4, 1984 · Theatrical
Portugal
August 31, 1984 · Theatrical
Spain
September 14, 1984 · Theatrical
Sweden
June 20, 1984 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
July 18, 2016 · Physical · DVD
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