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    The Recourse to the Method

    164'

    1978-06-06

    6.5

    Drama

    Overview:

    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.

    WritingAlejo CarpentierDirectingMiguel Littín

    Cast

    2

    Katy Jurado

    1

    Primer Magistrado

    Nelson Villagra

    1

    Ernesto Gómez Cruz

    1

    Reynaldo Miravalles

    1

    Raúl Pomares

    1

    Salvador Sánchez

    1

    Narrator

    Claudio Obregón

    1

    El Académico

    Alain Cuny

    1

    Ofelia (La hija del presidente)

    María Adelina Vera

    1

    Miguel Estatua

    Idelfonso Tamayo

    1

    El estudiante

    Gabriel Retes

    1

    1er Oficial

    Ramón Menéndez

    1

    Muchacha

    Ivette Reina

    N/A

    Ofelia (niña)

    Desire Melo

    1

    (Orador estudiantil)

    Arturo Beristáin

    1

    Doña Hermenegilda

    Dolores Beristáin

    1

    Teniente II de Becerra

    Rigoberto Carmona

    1

    Army captain

    Roger Cudney

    1

    (Segunda voz)

    Edmundo Domínguez...

    N/A

    Paulette

    Veronique Ferret

    1

    Didier Flamand

    1

    2do oficial de Hoffman

    Mario Oropeza

    1

    Misia Olaya

    Adriana Page

    N/A

    Denis Perrot

    1

    Jacques Rispal

    N/A

    Sirvienta de Ofelia

    Christine Parat Roblin

    1

    Primer oficial de Ataulfo

    Roberto Ruy

    1

    Jacinta

    Gabriela Ríos

    N/A

    Señora Bordel

    Nadine Sapounoff

    1

    Capitan Becerra

    César Sobrevals

    1

    1er Oficial de Hoffman

    Oscar Traven

    N/A

    Oficial Artillero

    Luis Ramon M. Velasco

    1

    (Corneta de Ataulfo)

    Abel Woolrich

    1

    Ignacio Retes

    Details:

    • Budget: 0
    • Home page
    • Revenue: 0
    • List of countries:
      1. Cuba
      2. France
      3. Mexico
    • List of languages:
      1. Spanish
      2. French
    • List of companies:
      1. Producciones America
      2. ICAIC
    • Vote Count: 9
    • Popularity: 0.6798
    • Status: Released
    • Original title:El recurso del método

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