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Under the Volcano

Under the Volcano

1984, Movie, 1h 52min

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.

Country: United States,Mexico

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Jacqueline Bisset,

Emilio Fernández,

Carlos Riquelme

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Some movies that have similar genres and were produced around the same time as Under the Volcano include Dead Poets Society, Paris, Texas, Kramer vs. Kramer, The Color of Money, Rain Man, My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown.

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Under the Volcano was released in theaters on June 12, 1984.