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Under the Volcano is a american film of genre Drama directed by John Huston released in USA on 12 june 1984 with Albert Finney

Under the Volcano (1984)

Under the Volcano
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Released in USA 12 june 1984
Length 1h52
Directed by ,    
OriginUSA
Genres Drama
Rating67% 3.3970353.3970353.3970353.3970353.397035

Under the Volcano is a 1984 film directed in Mexico by John Huston written by Guy Gallo with Albert Finney, Jacqueline Bisset, Anthony Andrews and Katy Jurado heading the cast. The film received Academy Award nominations for Best Actor in a Leading Role (Albert Finney) and Best Music, Original Score (Alex North).

It is based on the semi-autobiographical 1947 novel by English writer Malcolm Lowry.

Remaining faithful to Lowry's work, Huston's film tells the story of Geoffrey Firmin, an alcoholic former British consul in the small Mexican town of Quauhnahuac (recognizably Cuernavaca) on the Day of the Dead in 1938.

Synopsis

Cuernavaca, capitale de l'État de Morelos au Mexique, le 1er novembre 1938 traditionnel jour des Morts, fêté en grande liesse par toute la population locale. Geoffrey Firmin, ancien consul britannique, qui a (été) démissionné de sa fonction, déambule, copieusement imbibé, de cantinas en cervecerias, de souvenirs en palabres, parmi l'étrange liesse mortuaire. Son épouse a quitté le Mexique, depuis presque une année. Ils semblent désormais, d'après un vague courrier d'avocat, officiellement divorcés. Anis, brandy, tequila, whisky, mezcal (la boisson des damnés), la brûlure de l'alcool lui permet d'oublier cet invivable abandon et de survivre à sa déchéance, (« les tremblements, voilà ce qui rend cette vie insupportable. Mais ils s'apaisent, si on s'y prend bien, avec la nécessaire lampée, la dose thérapeutique »).

Actors

Albert Finney

(Geoffrey Firmin)Jacqueline Bisset

(Yvonne Firmin)Anthony Andrews

(Hugh Firmin)Katy Jurado

(Senora Gregoria)Ignacio López Tarso

(Dr. Vigil)
And :
James Villiers
Carlos Riquelme
Günter Meisner
Sergio Calderón
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