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The Recourse to the Method

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The Recourse to the Method

6.2

2h 44m

1978

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.

Director

Miguel Littín

Drama

dictator

Cast & Crew

Katy Jurado

Katy Jurado

Nelson Villagra

Nelson Villagra

as Primer Magistrado

Ernesto Gómez Cruz

Ernesto Gómez Cruz

Reynaldo Miravalles

Reynaldo Miravalles

Raúl Pomares

Raúl Pomares

Salvador Sánchez

Salvador Sánchez

Claudio Obregón

Claudio Obregón

as Narrator

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