Drama
F.Y.I.
On September 11, 1973 Salvador Allende was overthrown in a
coup d’état. The country was then ruled by a military dictatorship led by
General Augusto Pinochet. What followed was unprecedented in the history of
Chile, a police state characterized by systematic suppression of all political
dissidence. The number of suspected leftists killed or “disappeared” soon numbered in the thousands.
PRINCIPAL CAST MEMBERS
Gael Garcia Bernal: advertising
executive René Saavedra
Antonia Zegers: Renés ex-wife
Verónica Carvajal
Alfredo Castro: Renés boss Luis
“Lucho” Guzmán
REVIEW
Due to international pressure Pinochet was forced to call a
plebiscite on his presidency after 15 years of dictatorship. This fact-based
film covers the efforts of the “No” campaign to sway the population using ads
on television during the 27 days leading up to the actual vote to extend his
rule for another eight years.
However it is shot in low-definition video using jerky
hand-held camera which sorely distracts from the viewing pleasure. For me it
was not made clear early on that René and his boss were on opposite sides which
made it rather confusing as events unfolded. The acting is quite perfunctory as
the script does not call upon them to emote all that much.
CLASSIFICATION
for language.
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