No (2012 film) (2012)

7.4R118 minDirector: Pablo Larraín

2012 international historical drama film by Pablo Larraín

No is a 2012 historical drama film directed by Pablo Larraín. It is based on the unpublished stage play El plebiscito by Antonio Skármeta. Mexican actor Gael García Bernal stars as René, a sought-after advertising executive working in Chile in the late 1980s. The film depicts the advertising strategies used during the political campaigns for the 1988 Chilean national plebiscite, in which citizens voted on whether dictator Augusto Pinochet should remain in power for another eight years. At the 85th Academy Awards, No became the first Chilean film to be nominated for the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film.

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What is No (2012 film) about?
No (2012 film) (2012) — An advertising executive comes up with a campaign to defeat Augusto Pinochet in Chile's 1988 referendum.
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