Under the Volcano ()
Under the Volcano is a book-based movie adapted from "Under the Volcano" by Malcolm Lowry. This Drama film is a direct adaptation.
The Source Material
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Overview
Geoffrey Firmin, a former British consul, has come to Quauhnahuac, Mexico. His debilitating malaise is drinking, an activity that has overshadowed his life. On the most fateful day of the consul's life—the Day of the Dead—his wife, Yvonne, arrives in Quauhnahu…
About The Movie
Description
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.
Details
- Title
- Under the Volcano
- Original Title
- Under the Volcano
- Original Language
- EN
- Genres
- Drama