Under the Volcano

Synopsis

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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Streaming on

• HBO Max↗
• HBO Max Amazon Channel↗
• Criterion Channel↗

Top of the call sheet

• 
  Albert Finney
  as Geoffrey Firmin
• 
  Jacqueline Bisset
  as Yvonne Firmin
• 
  Anthony Andrews
  as Hugh Firmin
• 
  Ignacio López Tarso
  as Dr. Vigil
• 
  Katy Jurado
  as Senora Gregoria
• 
  James Villiers
  as Brit

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