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No, a Chilean film, is nominated for an Oscar as best foreign film
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Nowadays, it seems that historical films have become a benchmark for filmmakers, and we can confirm it just looking at the charts. This is the case of "No", a film whose plot is based on a play by Chilean writer Antonio Skármeta and that Pablo Larrain has adapted to the cinema after talking to the people who lived the real story.
The action is set in Chile during Augusto Pinochet's government when, under the international pressure, the dictator calls a referendum to support his presidency. From this starting point, the film explains us how the opposition leaders entrust the organization of the "no" campaign to Rene Saavedra (Gael Garcia Bernal). The strategy he adopts is making use of the tools that the dictatorship has imposed, creating a story that influences the voters. His marketing prowess bases on transmitting the opinion that removing Pinochet, Chile will regain the joy.
Despite the political repression and threats against some of the organizers of the campaign, the people finally got rid of oppression. In this way and without violence they got a victory for freedom and democracy.
The director has also had the good sense of trying both the texture and the colour of the tape so that the scenes belonging to the historical documentaries fully integrate with fiction. For the first time in history, a Chilean film is nominated for an Oscar as best foreign film.
Texts: Núria Farré. facebook@cinemaperaestudiants.cat
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