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The Recourse to the Method (1978)
Directed by Miguel Littín
Drama · 2h 44m
Set in the early 1900s, this film charts the rule of a Latin American dictator as he moves from being a charming despot to a tyrannical ruler before he is finally ousted, only to die in obscurity in Paris. Early in his regime, the resources and agricultural products his country sells command high prices, and he is a reasonably confident, even gentle, ruler who likes to take long vacations with his daughter in Paris. After World War I, with falling prices and a number of coup attempts behind him, his rule becomes quite cruel.
Cast
Katy Jurado
Nelson Villagra
Ernesto Gómez Cruz
Reynaldo Miravalles
Raúl Pomares
Salvador Sánchez
Claudio Obregón
Crew
- Director
- Miguel Littín
- Writer
- Régis Debray, Miguel Littín
- Novel
- Alejo Carpentier
- Director of Photography
- Ricardo Aronovich
- Original Music Composer
- Leo Brouwer
- Editor
- Ramón Aupart
- Producer
- Michèle Ray-Gavras
Details
- Original title
- El recurso del método
- Release date
- 1978-06-06
- Runtime
- 2h 44m
- Genres
- Drama
- Original language
- ES
- Spoken languages
- Spanish
- Countries
- Cuba, France, Mexico
- Production
- Producciones America, ICAIC