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Death and the Maiden
1994 · Drama · Thriller
User Score
480 votes
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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Andres Gomez
December 4, 2013
Interesting and informative movie about the events that started the transition in Chile from the dictatorship to the democracy.
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November 15, 2021
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 soc…
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CinemaSerf
March 8, 2026
Fifteen years into his dictatorship, Augusto Pinochet was compelled by international pressure to hold a plebiscite on continuing his rule over Chile for a further eight years. With the entire political and media establishment behind him, his supporters expected a bit of a cake walk - but they hadn’t factored on the creative force of the “no” campaign that was being framed by “René Saavedra” (Gael García Bernal). He w…
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