No (2012 film)

No
Theatrical release poster
Directed byPablo Larraín
Screenplay byPedro Peirano
Based onEl plebiscito
by Antonio Skármeta
Produced by
  • Daniel Marc Dreifuss
  • Pablo Larraín
  • Juan de Dios Larraín
StarringGael García Bernal
CinematographySergio Armstrong
Edited byAndrea Chignoli
Music byCarlos Cabezas
Production
company
Distributed bySony Pictures Classics (US)
Release dates
  • 18 May 2012 (2012-05-18) (Cannes)
  • 9 August 2012 (2012-08-09) (Chile)
  • 16 November 2012 (2012-11-16) (premiere)
  • 15 February 2013 (2013-02-15) (US)
Running time
118 minutes[1]
Countries
  • Chile
  • France
  • United States
LanguagesSpanish
English
Box office$7.7 million[2]

No is a 2012 historical drama film directed by Pablo Larraín. The film is based on the unpublished stage play El plebiscito written by Antonio Skármeta. Mexican actor Gael García Bernal plays René, an in-demand advertising man working in Chile in the late 1980s. The film captures the advertising tactics in the political campaigns for the 1988 Chilean national plebiscite, when the citizenry decided whether or not dictator Augusto Pinochet should stay in power for another eight years. At the 85th Academy Awards, the film was nominated for the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar.[3]

  1. ^ "No (15)". British Board of Film Classification. 15 October 2012. Archived from the original on 27 September 2013. Retrieved 12 March 2013.
  2. ^ No at Box Office Mojo
  3. ^ "Oscars: Hollywood announces 85th Academy Award nominations". BBC News. 10 January 2013. Archived from the original on 10 January 2013. Retrieved 10 January 2013.