The Recourse to the Method
The Recourse to the Method  is a Mexican-Cuban drama film directed by Chilean filmmaker Miguel Littín.
It is based on the 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.
Ian Barry (director)
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Miguel Littín
Miguel Ernesto Littin Cucumides (born 9 August 1942) is a Chilean film director, screenwriter, film producer and novelist.
He was born to a Palestinian father, Hernán Littin and a Greek mother, Cristina Cucumides.
Miguel Littin directed the most popular Chilean film of all time, "El Chacal de Nahueltoro" (1969) becoming a figure of the New Latin American Cinema.
Littin was exiled in México shortly after Augusto Pinochet came to power in a military coup, which ousted the democratically elected socialist president Salvador Allende, on September 11, 1973.
His 1973 film "The Promised Land" was entered into the Cannes Film Festival, New York film festival and the 8th Moscow International Film Festival.
In México he directed several films:
Then he went to Nicaragua to make Alsino and the Condor, based on the novel "Alsino" by Pedro Prado.
In 1981 he was a member of the jury at the 12th Moscow International Film Festival.
After moving to Spain in 1984, Littin decided to enter Chile clandestinely to make a documentary that showed the condition of the country under the Pinochet regime.
It was made the subject of Nobel Laureate Gabriel Garcia Marquez's book .
He eventually returned to Chile where he continued to make films, among them "Tierra del Fuego", based on the adventures of explorer Julius Popper; and "Dawson, Isla 10", about a group of political prisoners sent to Dawson's Island during Pinochet's regime.
Littin was the mayor of his home town in the center valley, Palmilla in 1992-94 and re-elected for the period 1996-2000.
His films "Actas de Marusia" and "Alsino and the Condor" were nominated by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for Best Film in a Foreign Language.
"Alsino and the Condor" won the Golden Prize at the 13th Moscow International Film Festival.
His 2005 film "The Last Moon" was entered into the 27th Moscow International Film Festival.
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He was also the Director General of Police in Punjab.
Dana Blankstein
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She is a film director, and an Israeli culture entrepreneur.
Brian Kennedy (gallery director)
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He is currently the director of the Peabody Essex Museum.
He was the director of the Toledo Museum of Art in Ohio from 2010 to 2019.
He was the director of the Hood Museum of Art from 2005 to 2010, and the National Gallery of Australia( Canberra) from 1997- 2004.
Peter Levin
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Jesse E. Hobson
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Jason Moore (director)
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Olav Aaraas
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He was born in Fredrikstad.
From 1982 to 1993 he was the director of Sogn Folk Museum, from 1993 to 2010 he was the director of Maihaugen and from 2001 he has been the director of the Norwegian Museum of Cultural History.
In 2010 he was decorated with the Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav.

Question: What is the place of birth of the director of film The Recourse To The Method?
Answer: Palmilla