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2. Pablo Larraín
Conservative family. Father Hernán Larraín was a Senator for the centre-right UDI. Mother Magdalena Matte former minister of housing under Sebastián Piñera administration.
Cinema takes anti-Pinochet position.
Directed first feature Fuga in 2005.

3. No (2012) third in a trilogy of films dealing with Pinochet regime
No (2012) third in a trilogy of films dealing with Pinochet regime. Previous films include Tony Manero (2008) and Post Mortem (2010).
Presently is in negotiations to direct a remake of Scarface set in modern-day Los Angeles.

4. No (2012)
Based on the play “El Plebiscito” by Antonio Skármeta. (Author of Ardiente Paciencia, and No pasó nada)
Film is a fictionalization of historical circumstances surrounding the plebiscite and the “No” campaign.
Film is shot entirely with U-matic video technology, spliced with footage from the actual campaign.

5. Film won the Art Cinema award at the Cannes film festival.
Film was also nominated for a best Foreign Language award at the 2012 Oscars. Lost to Amour.
Some critics in Chile took the film to task for “simplifying” the No campaign, and also for ignoring the grass roots voter registration movement.
Other critics were disturbed by the film’s conflation of advertising and politics. Suggesting that it was too uncritical of this.