

No
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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7.2/10
493 votes
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- —
- Box office
- $2.3M
- Language
- Spanish
- campaign
- dictatorship
- based on true story
- chile
- pinochet regime
- democracy
- intimidation
- oppression
- referendum
- advertising agency
- advertising jingle
- cia crimes
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Chile, United States of America, France
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- PremiereNew York Film Festival12 Oct 2012
- Theatrical (limited)R15 Feb 2013
BrazilBR
- Theatrical1615 Feb 2013
ChileCL
- Theatrical9 Aug 2012
DenmarkDK
- Theatrical1113 Jun 2013
FranceFR
- PremiereCannes Film Festival18 May 2012
- Theatrical6 Mar 2013
- TVARTE17 Aug 2016
GermanyDE
- Theatrical66 Mar 2013
GreeceGR
- TheatricalΚ31 Jan 2013
- PhysicalDVD16 Jul 2013
IrelandIE
- Digital / OTT168 Feb 2013
ItalyIT
- Theatrical9 May 2013
NetherlandsNL
- Theatrical1229 Jan 2013
PortugalPT
- Theatrical21 Feb 2013
SwitzerlandCH
- PremiereLocarno Film Festival8 Aug 2012
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No was released on 9 August 2012.
Audience reviews
3- A8/10
Andres Gomez
12/4/2013
Interesting and informative movie about the events that started the transition in Chile from the dictatorship to the democracy.
- B8/10
badelf
11/15/2021
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 …
- C7/10
CinemaSerf
3/8/2026
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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