Movie

Under the Volcano

“One cannot live without love.”

★ 6.6(102)19841h 52m

Drama

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Under the Volcano is streaming on Criterion Channel in Canada. Availability checked 20 June 2026.

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Good to know

Director: John Huston
Release date: 1984-06-20
Runtime: 1h 52m
Language: Spanish
Status: Released
Country: United States of America
Studio: Ithaca

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About Under the Volcano

Under the Volcano is a 1984 movie in the Drama genre, directed by John Huston, starring Albert Finney, Jacqueline Bisset and Anthony Andrews. It has a runtime of 1 hour 52 minutes. It holds an average rating of 6.6/10 from 102 viewers. Below you can see where to watch Under the Volcano in Canada — across streaming, rental and purchase options — along with the full cast, trailer and viewer reviews.

Synopsis

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.

Cast

Albert Finney

Geoffrey Firmin

Jacqueline Bisset

Yvonne Firmin

Anthony Andrews

Hugh Firmin

Ignacio López Tarso

Dr. Vigil

Katy Jurado

Senora Gregoria

James Villiers

Brit

Dawson Bray

Quincey

Carlos Riquelme

Bustamante

Jim McCarthy

Gringo

José René Ruiz

Dwarf

Eleazar García Jr.

Chief of Gardens

Salvador Sánchez

Chief of Stockyards

Themes & keywords

depressionmexicohusband wife relationshipbullfightingbased on novel or bookfascismhalf-brotheralcoholismalcoholicdrunkcuckoldconsulday of the dead1930sforeign diplomat