UNDER THE VOLCANO

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• Release Year: 1984
• Genre: Drama
• Plot: Under the Volcano follows the final day in the life of self-destructive British consul Geoffrey Firmin (Albert Finney, in an Oscar-nominated tour de force) on the eve of World War II. Withering from alcoholism, Firmin stumbles through a small Mexican village amidst the Day of the Dead fiesta, attempting to reconnect with his estranged wife (Jacqueline Bisset) but only further alienating himself. John Huston's ambitious tackling of Malcolm Lowry's towering 'unadaptable' novel gave the incomparable Finney one of his grandest roles and was the legendary The Treasure of the Sierra Madre director's triumphant return to filmmaking in Mexico.
• Cast: Albert Finney, Jacqueline Bisset, Anthony Andrews, Ignacio López Tarso, Katy Jurado, James Villiers, Dawson Bray, Carlos Riquelme, Jim McCarthy, José René Ruiz, Eleazar Garcia Jr., Salvador Sánchez, Sergio Calderón, Araceli Ladewuen Castelun, Emilio Fernández, Arturo Sarabia, Roberto Sosa, Hugo Stiglitz, Ugo Moctezuma, Isabel Vasquez, Gustavo Fernandez 'Xochitl', Irene Díaz de Dávila, Alberto Olvera, Eduardo Borbolla, Alejandra Suarez, Rodolfo De Alexandre, Juan Ángel Martínez Ramos, Martín Palomares Carrión, Mário Arévalo, Ramiro Ramírez, Günter Meisner, Alfonso Castro Valle, John Huston, Malcolm Lowry, Guy Gallo, Gabriel Figueroa, Roberto Silvi, Alex North
• Director: John Huston
• Runtime: 1:52
• Company: Ithaca Enterprises, Conacine Productions, Janus Films, The Criterion Collection
• Media Format: Movie