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CHILE, HAPPINESS IS COMING!
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.
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Cast
Gael García Bernal
René Saaverdra
Alfredo Castro
Lucho Guzmán
Néstor Cantillana
Fernando
Luis Gnecco
Urrutia
Antonia Zegers
Verónica
Jaime Vadell
Minister Fernández
Diego Muñoz
Carlos
Alejandro Goic
Ricardo
Marcial Tagle
Alberto Arancibia
Manuela Oyarzún
Sandra
Roberto Farías
Marcelo
Sergio Hernández
Militar
Paloma Moreno
Fran
César Caillet
Client
Pablo Krögh
Campaign Director
Amparo Noguera
Sociologist
Claudia Cabezas
Revolutionary Young Woman
Paulo Brunetti
'Sí' Campaign Publicist
Iñigo Urrutia
Choreographer
Pedro Peirano
'No' Campaign Young Participant
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Reviews
Andres Gomez
Interesting and informative movie about the events that started the transition in Chile from the dictatorship to the democracy.
badelf
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, the US trained those torturers. The official count is 29,000, plus 3000 dead, plus an uncounted number of "desaparecidos" (mysteriously missing forever).
It is beneficial to first watch "Nostalgia de la Luz" which will help give you some understanding of Chileans' relationship with Pinochet.
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