The Recourse to the Method 1978

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Drama

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.

Release Date 1978-06-06
Runtime 2h 44m
Directors Miguel Littín, Ricardo Aronovich
Producer Michèle Ray-Gavras
Writers Miguel Littín, Régis Debray, Alejo Carpentier