No (2012, Chile, directed by Pablo Larrain, starring Gael Garcia Bernal)

Saturday, April 19- Screening of No (2012, Chile, directed by Pablo Larrain, starring Gael Garcia Bernal). A blu-ray dvd of this film is also available on 1 day reserve at the Circulation Desk of the Davis Family Library for home viewing. Tuesday, April 22-discussion of the film with lunch.

Winner of the Art Cinema Award at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival, No dramatizes political turmoil in late 1980s Chile. When military dictator Augusto Pinochet is pressured into a referendum in 1988, Rene Saavedra leads the advertising plan for the opposing left devising the powerful “No” campaign. “A cunning and richly enjoyable combination of high-stakes drama and media satire” writes Liam Lacy, Globe and Mail. In Spanish with English subtitles.

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