Under the Volcano(Movie, 1984)

Name: Under the Volcano
Genre: Drama
Released: 1984
Duration: T01:52:00
Rating: 3.4

| 1h 52min | Genre: Drama

Rating: 3.4/5 (with 35 votes)

Under the Volcano is a 1984 drama film directed by John Huston and starring Albert Finney, Jacqueline Bisset, and Anthony Andrews, based on Malcolm Lowry's semi-autobiographical 1947 novel. The film follows the last 24 hours in the life of Geoffrey Firmin (Finney), an alcoholic British former consul in the small Mexican town of Quauhnahuac on the Day of the Dead in 1938. The film premiered at the 1984 Cannes Film Festival, where it was nominated for the Palme d'Or. Under the Volcano received Oscar nominations for Best Actor in a Leading Role for Finney's performance and Best Original Score for Alex North’s score, along with Golden Globe nominations for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama (Finney) and Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture (Bisset). The film is an international co-production between Mexico and the United States. ()

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Awards & Nominations for Under the Volcano

National Board of Review: Top Ten Films nominated for: Academy Award for Best Actor nominated for: Academy Award for Best Original Score

About 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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Trailer 1(Trailer, 1:55)

Trailer 1 (Trailer) | John Huston Directs Under The Volcano (Featurette)

Additional Information

Production countries: Mexico, United States of America (USA)

Plays in: Mexico

Based on: "Under the Volcano" (find it on Amazon)

Made by: Universal Pictures, Ithaca Pictures, Conacite Uno

Original language: English (EN)

Spoken languages: English (EN), Spanish (ES)

Translated into 16 languages: Bulgarian (BG), German (DE), English (EN), Spanish (ES), French (FR), Hebrew (HE), Hungarian (HU), Italian (IT), Japanese (JA), Korean (KO), Dutch (NL), Polish (PL), Portuguese (PT), Russian (RU), Swedish (SV), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)

Status: Released

Release date US: 06/12/1984

Cast: Albert Finney, Jacqueline Bisset, Anthony Andrews, Katy Jurado, James Villiers, Carlos Riquelme, Ignacio López Tarso, Sergio Calderón, Emilio Fernández, Hugo Stiglitz, Günter Meisner

Director: John Huston, Danny Huston

Producer: Moritz Borman

Director of Photography: Gabriel Figueroa

Composer: Alex North

Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):

"Sous le volcan"

Keywords: day of the dead, bullfighting, cuckold, based on novel or book, consul, depression, alcoholic, 1930s, brothers love same woman, fascism, mexico, tequila, foreign diplomat, half-brother, alcoholism

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Under the Volcano(Movie, 1984)

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