The Recourse to the Method
1978, Spanish. Directed by Miguel Littín.
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.
- Runtime
- 2h 44m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Spanish
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- Released
- 6 June 1978
- Original title
- El recurso del método
- Country
- Cuba, France, Mexico
- Written by
- Miguel Littín, Régis Debray
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The Recourse to the Method runs 164 minutes (2h 44m).
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The Recourse to the Method isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 6 June 1978. (Checked 9 November 2026.)
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If you liked The Recourse to the Method, try Kamchatka, Hotel Coppelia, Hands of Stone.
Who directed The Recourse to the Method?
The Recourse to the Method (1978) was directed by Miguel Littín and stars Katy Jurado, Nelson Villagra, Ernesto Gómez Cruz.