The Recourse to the Method
6.1
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.
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Cast
26 people
Katy Jurado
Known for
High Noon
Te Sigo Amando
Nelson Villagra
Primer Magistrado
Also in
Jackal of Nahueltoro
The Last Supper
Héctor López Lechuga
Ricardo Aronovich
Miguel Littín
Also in
Lorca: Death of a Poet
Chile: A Genral Record
Alejo Carpentier
Ernesto Gómez Cruz
Known for
El Infierno
Laws of love
Bernard Stora
Régis Debray
Michèle Ray-Gavras
Also in
Burke & Hare
Far from Vietnam
Reynaldo Miravalles
Also in
The Twelve Chairs
Tables Turned
Leo Brouwer
Also in
Silvio Rodríguez, ojalá
Miguel Littín Director · Régis Debray Writer Alejo Carpentier Author
First release May 24, 1978 · Produced in Cuba, France, Mexico · Production ICAIC, Conacite Uno
Production
Producciones America
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ICAIC
Production
Conacite Uno
Production
France 3 (FR 3)
Production
Cuba · France · Mexico
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Languages
Original title
El recurso del método
Original language
Spanish
Spoken on screen
Spanish
Release dates
France · May 24, 1978
Premiere · Cannes Film Festival
Mexico · June 6, 1978
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Hungary
September 25, 1980
Spain
February 12, 1982 · Madrid
Sweden
September 8, 1980 · TV premiere
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