Culver City, Calif. : Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, [2013]
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Notes:
- DVD Region 1 Dolby digital.
- In Spanish. Optional subtitles in English or French.
- Title from container.
- Gael Garcia Bernal, Alfredo Castro, Luis Gnecco, Antonia Zegers, Marcial Tagle.
- Director of photography, Sergio Armstrong editor, Andrea Chignoli.
- Based on the play Referendum by Antonio Skármeta.
- Originally released in 2012.
- Rating: R for language.
- In 1988, Chilean military dictator Augusto Pinochet 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 of the No vote persuade an advertising executive, Rene Saavedra, 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.
- Special features: commentary with Gael Garcia Bernal & Pablo Larrain Q&A with Gael Garcia Bernal theatrical trailer.
- Academy Award Nominee, Best Foreign Language Film Winner of the 2012 Cannes Film Festival, Art Cinema Award
Subjects:
- Pinochet Ugarte, Augusto — Drama.
- Chile — History — 1973-1988 — Drama.
- Chile — Politics and government — 1973-1988 — Drama.
- Feature films. lcgft
- Foreign films — Chile.
Requested by Kidd, M