The Recourse to the Method (1978)

6.5/10 • 164 min • 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.

Cast

Katy Jurado

Nelson Villagra

Primer Magistrado

Ernesto Gómez Cruz

Reynaldo Miravalles

Raúl Pomares

Salvador Sánchez

Claudio Obregón

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