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.

  • Genre: Drama
  • Release Date: 1984-06-20
  • Runtime: 112 min
  • Country: Mexico, United States of America
  • Language: Spanish, English
  • Status: Released
  • IMDb Rating: 6.5
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