The Recourse to the Method

1978 | 164 minutes | 6.1 ★ (7)

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.

  • Release Date

    06 June 1978

  • DirectingMiguel Littín
  • Budget

    $0.00

  • Revenue

    $0.00

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