Under The Volcano follows the final day in the life of self-dustructive British consul Geoffrey Firmin (Albert Finney), on the eve of World War II. Withering from alcoholism, Firmin stumbles through a small Mexican village amid the Day of the Dead fiesta, attempting to reconnect with his estranged wife (Jacqueline Bisset). John Hustons ambitious tackling of Malcolm Lowreys towering, unadaptable novel gave the incomparable Finney one of his grandest roles and was the legendary The Treasure of the Sierra Madre directors triumphant return to film making in Mexico.
