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09/08/2012 Drama, History 1h 58m
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CHILE, HAPPINESS IS COMING!

Overview

In 1988, Chilean military dictator Augusto Pinochet, due to international pressure, is forced to call a plebiscite on his presidency. The country will vote ‘Yes’ or ‘No’ to Pinochet extending his rule for another eight years. Opposition leaders for the ‘No’ vote persuade a brash young advertising executive, René Saavedra, to spearhead their campaign. Against all odds, with scant resources and while under scrutiny by the despot’s minions, Saavedra and his team devise an audacious plan to win the election and set Chile free.

  1. Pablo Larraín

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Gael García Bernal

    René Saaverdra

  2. Alfredo Castro

    Lucho Guzmán

  3. Néstor Cantillana

    Fernando

  4. Luis Gnecco

    Urrutia

  5. Antonia Zegers

    Verónica

  6. Jaime Vadell

    Minister Fernández

  7. Diego Muñoz

    Carlos

  8. Alejandro Goic

    Ricardo

  9. Marcial Tagle

    Alberto Arancibia

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Reviews

A review by badelf
Written by badelf on 2021-11-15
This is an amazing true story. The directing feels messy, but it's clear that it was intended to imitate the mess that surrounded this story in real life.

Pinochet was one of several dictators that was installed by United States through the agency of the CIA. Why? We can only guess that the sitting Chilean president had left leanings which seems to piss off Americans to no end. (Health care? Oh no - that would be socialist!! Much better to let citizens die or go bankrupt trying to survive.)

The USA's little puppet then proceeded to murder and torture thousands of Chileans. Quite probably...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
Spanish

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$2,341,226.00

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