- Country: Cuba, France, Mexico
- Genres: Drama
- Release: 1979-03-07
- Director: Miguel Littin
- Writers: Alejo Carpentier , Régis Debray , Miguel Littin
- Language: Spanish | French
- Stars: Nelson Villagra , Katy Jurado , Salvador Sánchez , Alain Cuny , Ernesto Gómez Cruz , María Adelina Vera , Reynaldo Miravalles , Raúl Pomares , Idelfonso Tamayo , Gabriel Retes
- Runtime: 164 min
- Awards: 7 nominations
- AKA: Recursul la metoda (Romania) , Le recours de la méthode (France, French Republic) , El dictador - El recurso del método (Spain) , El recurso del método , El recurso del método (Mexico) , ¡Viva el presidente! (France, French Republic) , The Recourse to the Method , O Recurso do Método (Brazil) , Rozprawa o metodzie (Poland) , Leve presidenten (Sweden) , Es lebe der Präsident , Diktátor az Antillákról (Hungary)
- Plot: It tells the story of a dictatorship. Its protagonist is the sum and essence of several of the rulers who have exercised absolute power in Latin American countries.
- IMDB:tt0078146
The Recourse to the Method Cast · · · ALL
Miguel Littin
Director
Katy Jurado
Nelson Villagra
Primer Magistrado
Ernesto Gómez Cruz
Reynaldo Miravalles
Raúl Pomares
Salvador Sánchez
Claudio Obregón
Narrator