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110 minutes

CHILE

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 persuade a brash young advertising executive, Rene Saavedra (Gael Garcia Bernal), to spearhead their campaign. Against all odds, with scant resources and under scrutiny by the despot's minions, Saavedra and his team devise an audacious plan to win the election and set Chile free.

75% on the CINEMETER

78% - Feb 3, 2013

Mad Men meets The Candidate meets 80s kitsch.
Washington, DC Member

Rough, but efective - well done overall. I was delighted to see a movie from South America that left me with a feeling of hopefull empowerment.
Washington, DC Member

Shows how media and PR can be forces for good, positive change.
Washington, DC Member

STL

77% - Feb 10, 2013

Well done. Gripping. Gael Garcia Bernal‚Äôs acting is superb. An important movie for Chile to document independence/freedom.
St. Louis Member

I thought many of the cuts (within some conversations, different settings) were very good. They set atmosphere very well, built suspense slowly but surely. May use this film with university students to engender ‚Äòfreedom of expression‚Äô discussion.
St. Louis Member

A Riveting story, well told. I loved it. ...I think a general audience may get lost in the complicated telling.
St. Louis Member

85% - Jan 27, 2013

Great film - the camera work let me feel like I was THERE!
San Francisco Member

Yeah on NO - Excellent - we need one of these films made for an American election: It all boils down to perception, nothing more. Don Draper in Chile.
San Francisco Member

The film shows how good advertising, selling a product, changed the politics of Chile, but ends with showing how cheesy and manipulative advertising can be. It's a paradox we still live with.
San Francisco Member

73% - Feb 3, 2013

Very smart film about oppositional politics in a modern and consumerist age; about compromises between form and content, past and present - necessary if politics are to be effective.
Greater New Haven Member

Loved the documentary style of filming. Great performance by Bernal.
Greater New Haven Member

Intelligent film, smartly acted, cast and paced.
Greater New Haven Member

MIL

84% - Feb 10, 2013

This movie may be slow, but it is very well done. The way the film was filmed, along with the acting was very realistic.
Milwaukee Member

Thank you for screening this film. I've been eager to see it since I read about it. Si to NO! Eventually the will of the people--however suppressed--wins out.
Milwaukee Member

Excellent film, a bit too long but tells a very topical, compelling story about marketing and politics.
Milwaukee Member

BOS

Feb 3, 2013

BOCA

48% - Jan 20, 2013

It was an excellent film that tells us that with determination and dedication people are able to make change.
Boca Raton Member

Insightful, interesting and historically correct.
Boca Raton Member

Interesting but not that entertaining.
Boca Raton Member

ATL

79% - Feb 10, 2013

Thank you for showing a unique foreign film! THIS is why I joined Cinema Club.
Atlanta Member

Everything ARGO should have been--intense, intelligent and interesting.
Atlanta Member

Excellent movie in all respects, and it caused me to have such an interesting take on Chilean culture and history.
Atlanta Member

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