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Under the Volcano

R
Movie
1984
1h 52m
English
Drama
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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6.9
IMDB
Under the Volcano (1984) on IMDb
CRITIC SCORE
71

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Albert Finney
Geoffrey Firmin
Jacqueline Bisset
Yvonne Firmin
Anthony Andrews
Hugh Firmin
Katy Jurado
Senora Gregoria
Carlos Riquelme
Bustamante
Eleazar Garca Jr
Chief of Gardens
Salvador Snchez
Chief of Stockyards
Sergio Caldern
Chief of Municipality
Roberto Sosa
Few Fleas
Hugo Stiglitz
Sinarquista
Ugo Moctezuma
Latin Consul
Isabel Vzquez
Chicken Lady
Gustavo Fernandez
Transvestite
Eduardo Borbolla
Don Juan Tenorio
Directed By: John Huston
Written By: Guy Gallo (Screenplay), Malcolm Lowry (Novel)

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otaku_scientist says...
2 years ago
Perhaps the standards have changed since 1984, but watching this in 2022, I don't feel the impact it perhaps once had. I haven't read the book either, so maybe I am missing something. Jaqueline Bisset is strong, but Albert Finney is unconvincing as a drunk. None of the poison of alchoholism makes its way to the forefront of his effort. Look to Barfly or Leaving Las Vegas for a more realistic (and upsetting) portrayal.
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