--- title: 'The Recourse to the Method (1978)' type: 'film' director: 'Miguel Littin' released: '1978-05-05' runtime_minutes: 164 genres: - 'Drama' countries: - 'Cuba' - 'Mexico' canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-recourse-to-the-method-1978' review_count: 0 imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0078146/' publisher: 'CinePixo' --- # The Recourse to the Method (1978) 1978 · 164 min · Drama · Cuba, Mexico Original title: El recurso del método ## Synopsis The Recourse to the Method is a Mexican-Cuban drama film directed by Chilean filmmaker Miguel Littín. It is based on the 1974 novel of the same name written by Alejo Carpentier. It was entered into the 1978 Cannes Film Festival. The film was also selected as the Cuban entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 51st Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee. ## Credits - **Director:** [Miguel Littin](https://cinepixo.com/people/miguel-littin) - **Screenplay:** [Alejo Carpanter](https://cinepixo.com/people/alejo-carpanter), [Régis Debray](https://cinepixo.com/people/regis-debray) - **Original Music Composer:** [Leo Brouwer](https://cinepixo.com/people/leo-brouwer) - **Producer:** [Michèle Ray-Gavras](https://cinepixo.com/people/michele-ray-gavras) - **Director of Photography:** [Ricardo Aronovich](https://cinepixo.com/people/ricardo-aronovich) ## Cast - [Nelson Villagra](https://cinepixo.com/people/nelson-villagra) - [Jacques Rispal](https://cinepixo.com/people/jacques-rispal) - [Alain Cuny](https://cinepixo.com/people/alain-cuny) - [Didier Flamand](https://cinepixo.com/people/didier-flamand) - [Ernesto Gómez Cruz](https://cinepixo.com/people/ernesto-gomez-cruz) - [Reynaldo Miravalles](https://cinepixo.com/people/reynaldo-miravalles) - [Katy Jurado](https://cinepixo.com/people/katy-jurado) ## Criticism on CinePixo No reviews published yet. Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-recourse-to-the-method-1978 Film facts: Wikidata (Q7759820); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.