The Recourse to the Method

Synopsis

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.

Main Cast

Katy Jurado

Age : 78 | Popularity : 5%

Nelson Villagra

Primer Magistrado

Age : 86 | Popularity : 3%

Ernesto Gómez Cruz

Age : N/A | Popularity : 26%

Reynaldo Miravalles

Age : 101 | Popularity : 3%

Raúl Pomares

Age : N/A | Popularity : 7%

Salvador Sánchez

Age : 80 | Popularity : 3%

Claudio Obregón

Narrator

Age : 75 | Popularity : 5%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Directing	Director	Miguel Littín
Writing	Writer	Miguel Littín Régis Debray
	Novel	Alejo Carpentier
Sound	Original Music Composer	Leo Brouwer
Camera	Director of Photography	Ricardo Aronovich
Editing	Editor	Ramón Aupart
Art	Art Direction	Bernard Stora
Production	Producer	Michèle Ray-Gavras
Department	Role	Name

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