Under the Volcano
One cannot live without love.
One cannot live without love.
Drama
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1984
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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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Rated:
R
Runtime:
112 min
Release date:
20 Jun 1984
Country:
US, MX
Languages:
Spanish, English
Budget:
$0
Revenue:
$0
Awards:
Nominated for 2 Oscars. 3 wins & 7 nominations total
Top Critics Reviews
fresh:
Although this voyage into self-destruction won't be to the taste of many, there will be few unmoved by Finney's towering performance as the tragic Britisher.
– Variety Staff,
Variety,
23 Oct 2007
fresh:
The movie belongs to Finney, but mention must be made of Jacqueline Bisset as his wife and Anthony Andrews as his half-brother.
– Roger Ebert,
Chicago Sun-Times,
23 Oct 2004
fresh:
Daring as it is to have brought Under the Volcano to the screen in this faithful but incomplete form, Mr. Huston has done so without making compromises in the process.
– Janet Maslin,
New York Times,
20 May 2003
rotten:
As the tortured consul, Albert Finney has moments of technical brilliance, but Huston's direction gives him no inner life.
– Dave Kehr,
Chicago Reader,
1 Jan 2000
fresh:
Not for the purists, maybe, but the last half-hour, as Firmin plunges ever deeper into his self-created hell, leaves one shell-shocked.
– ,
Time Out,
24 Jun 2006