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The Recourse to the Method
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.
Director and cast
- Miguel Littín Director
- Katy Jurado Cast
- Nelson Villagra as Primer Magistrado
- Ernesto Gómez Cruz Cast
- Reynaldo Miravalles Cast
- Raúl Pomares Cast
- Salvador Sánchez Cast
- Claudio Obregón as Narrator
- Alain Cuny as El Académico
- María Adelina Vera as Ofelia (La hija del presidente)
- Idelfonso Tamayo as Miguel Estatua
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