Release Date

06 Jun, 1978

Runtime

02:44: (HH:MM)

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.

Original Title

El recurso del método

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Actors

Katy Jurado

Nelson Villagra

Ernesto Gómez Cruz

Reynaldo Miravalles

Raúl Pomares

Salvador Sánchez

Claudio Obregón

Crew

Alejo Carpentier

Miguel Littín

Ricardo Aronovich

Leo Brouwer

Miguel Littín

Régis Debray

Michèle Ray-Gavras

Bernard Stora

Ramón Aupart