Under the Volcano
1984Against 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.
Acted in
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
Dawson Bray
as Quincey
Carlos Riquelme
as Bustamante
Jim McCarthy
as Gringo
José René Ruiz
as Dwarf
Eleazar García Jr.
as Chief of Gardens
Salvador Sánchez
as Chief of Stockyards
Sergio Calderón
as Chief of Municipality
Araceli Ladewuen Castelun
as Maria
Emilio Fernández
as Diosdado
Arturo Sarabia
as Cervantes
Roberto Sosa
as Few Fleas
Hugo Stiglitz
as Sinarquista
Ugo Moctezuma
as Latin Consul
Isabel Vázquez
as Chicken Lady
Gustavo Fernandez
as Transvestite
Irene Díaz de Dávila
as Concepta
Alberto Olvera
as Matador
Eduardo Borbolla
as Don Juan Tenorio
Alejandro Suárez
as Doña Ines
Rodolfo De Alexandre
as Bus Driver
Juan Ángel Martínez
as Passenger
Martín Palomares Carrión
as Dead Indian
Mario Arévalo
as Horseman
Ramiro Ramírez
as Second Horseman
Günter Meisner
as Herr Krausberg (German Attaché) (uncredited)
Alfonso Castro Valle
as (uncredited)