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No [videorecording (DVD)] / a film by Palbo Larraín.

Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, c2013.

Advertising, Political -- Chile -- Drama.

Political campaigns -- Chile -- Drama.

Totalitarianism -- Drama.

Chilean drama -- 20th century -- Film adaptations.

Chile -- History -- 1973-1988 -- Drama.

Chile -- Politics and government -- 1973-1988 -- Drama.

[videorecording (DVD)] /

1 videodisc (approx. 118 min.) : 5.1 Dolby digital sd., col. ; 12 cm.

Based on the play "Referendum" [El plebiscito] by Antonio Skarmeta.

"Based on the true story of a marketing campaign that sparked a revolution"--Container.

Originally released as a motion picture in 2012.

"Academy Award nominee: Best Foreign Language Film"--Container.

In Spanish with optional English or French subtitles.

Sony Pictures Classics ; screenplay by Pedro Peirano ; produced by Juan De Dios Larraín, Daniel Dreifuss ; directed by Pablo Larraí.

Gael Garcia Bernal with Alfredo Castro, Antonia Zegers, Marcial Tagle and Luis Gnecco.

"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 of the NO vote 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."--Container.

Art Cinema Award, Cannes Film Festival, 2012.

Political films.

Skármeta, Antonio. Plebiscito.

Larraín, Pablo.

García Bernal, Gael, 1978-

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