Under the Volcano

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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  Albert Finney

  Geoffrey Firmin
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  Jacqueline Bisset

  Yvonne Firmin
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  Anthony Andrews

  Hugh Firmin
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  Ignacio López Tarso

  Dr. Vigil
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  Katy Jurado

  Senora Gregoria
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  James Villiers

  Brit
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  Carlos Riquelme

  Bustamante
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  Eleazar García Jr.

  Chief of Gardens
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  Salvador Sánchez

  Chief of Stockyards
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  Sergio Calderón

  Chief of Municipality