Under the Volcano

One of John Huston's final films... he only directed two more after this... and died three years after this. Stars Albert Finney, Jacqueline Bissett, Anthony Andrews. Geoffrey Firmin is a retired british consul, living in a small town in mexico, just at the outbreak of WW II. On the Day of the Dead. Finney was nominated for best actor. One of his FIVE nominations! Firmin is in a church, praying that his ex wife will come back to him. And she does. As he drinks. And rambles. And stumbles around the house, looking for more drinks. Then we're off to the fiesta and the bullfights. Along the way, some interesting sights... there's a Sinarquista riding on the bus (look it up on wikipedia dot com). And a dead body on the side of the road. Quite a day. It's very well done. But Warning... it gets very dark at the end. Novel by Malcolm Lowry. He died young at age 47, from alcohol related causes.