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No (2012 Film)
''No'' is a 2012 historical drama film directed by Pablo Larraín. It is based on the unpublished stage play ''El plebiscito'' by Antonio Skármeta. Mexican actor Gael García Bernal stars as René, a sought-after advertising executive working in Chile in the late 1980s. The film depicts the advertising strategies used during the political campaigns for the 1988 Chilean national plebiscite, in which citizens voted on whether dictator Augusto Pinochet should remain in power for another eight years. At the 85th Academy Awards, ''No'' became the first Chilean film to be nominated for the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film. Plot After fifteen years of military dictatorship and under significant international pressure, the Chilean regime calls for a national plebiscite in 1988 to determine whether General Augusto Pinochet should remain in power for another eight years or whether there should be an open democratic presidential election the following year. René Saavedra, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pablo Larraín
Pablo Larraín Matte (; born 19 August 1976) is a Chilean filmmaker. He is known for directing films such as ''Neruda (film), Neruda'' (2016), ''Jackie (2016 film), Jackie'' (2016), ''Spencer (film), Spencer'' (2021), ''El Conde (film), El Conde'' (2023), and ''Maria (2024 film), Maria'' (2024). His 2012 film ''No (2012 film), No'' was the first Chilean film nominated for Academy Award for Best International Feature Film, Best Foreign Language Film at the Academy Awards, while Larraín and his brother Juan de Dios co-produced Sebastián Lelio's ''A Fantastic Woman'' (2017), which became the first film from Chile to win the Oscar in that category. In 2021, Larraín directed the Apple TV+ psychological romance horror miniseries ''Lisey's Story (miniseries), Lisey's Story''. Early life and education Pablo Larraín Matte was born in Santiago, Chile, the son of law professor (and later Independent Democrat Union senator) Hernán Larraín, and Magdalena Matte, Sebastián Piñera's f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antonia Zegers
Antonia Zegers Oportot (born 29 June 1972) is a Chilean actress. She has an extensive career in cinema, with participation in some of the most awarded Chilean films such as '' Tony Manero'' (2008), ''Post mortem'' (2010), '' La vida de los peces'' (2010), '' No'' (2012), '' El club'' (2015), ''A Fantastic Woman'' (2017), winner of the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, and ''El Conde'' (2023). Biography and career Daughter of the prominent gynecologist Fernando Zegers Hochschild and Mónica Oportot Salbach, an adventurous Buddhist photographer, she studied at the Saint George's school in Santiago and later entered the Gustavo Meza Theater School, currently the Teatro Imagen. She has a younger sister, Emilia. She has made her career on Chilean National Television in telenovelas such as ''Iorana'', ''La Fiera'', ''Romané'', ''Pampa Illusion'', ''El circo de las Montini'', ''Puertas adentro'', ''Los Pincheira'', ''Amor por accidente'' among others. She has said that ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Florcita Motuda
Raúl Florcita Alarcón Rojas (born 15 October 1945), popularly known as Florcita Motuda, is a Chilean musician and politician. He served as National Deputy in the Chamber of Deputies between March 2018 and March 2022, representing district 17. He was one of the most historical members of the Humanist Party. He is well known for his flamboyant style for clothing and musical work, even when serving as Deputy. He was part of numerous festivals, like Festival of Viña del Mar, Lollapalooza Chile and OTI Festival. Biography He was born in the city of Curicó, in the Maule region, in central Chile, to José Raúl Alarcón and Elsa Eliana Rojas Aliste on the 15th of October, 1945. He lived in a small nearby town, La Huerta de Mataquito, with his two parents and his aunts. At the age of 11, his father (an ex-laborer) died, as he himself points out, affected by meningitis caused by a tooth cavity. He has been married three times: first to the Bolivian Sandy Pérez, then to Loreto Campo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carlos Caszely
Carlos Humberto Caszely Garrido (born 5 July 1950 in Santiago, Chile) is a Chilean former footballer, nicknamed "Rey del metro cuadrado" (, ), who played as a forward. Regarded as one of Chile's most important players, between 1969 and 1985, Caszely won 48 caps and scored 29 goals for the Chile national team, including participations in the 1974 and 1982 World Cups. Club career Caszely played for several football teams in his career, including Colo-Colo (1968–1973), Levante UD (1973–1975), RCD Espanyol (1975–1978), finally returning to Colo-Colo (1978–1985). He ended his career with Barcelona SC in 1986. International career During the opening 1974 FIFA World Cup match against West Germany, Caszely was given a red card by the match referee, Doğan Babacan, becoming the first player to be sent off in this manner. Red and yellow cards had already been introduced in the past World Cup (1970). In the 1982 World Cup he missed a penalty against Austria. In June 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patricio Bañados
Patricio in Spanish, or Patrício in Portuguese, is a male given name equivalent to Patrick in English. The Spanish name is pronounced with the stress on the same first i as Portuguese, but an accent is not needed because this follows normal rules for stress in Spanish. Notable people with the name include: Given name Spanish * Patricio Arabolaza, (1893–1935), Spanish footballer *Patricio Aylwin (1918–2016), Chilean politician * Patricio Montojo, (1839–1917), Spanish admiral *Patricio O'Ward (born 1999), Mexican race car driver Portuguese * Patrício Antônio Boques (born 1974), Brazilian footballer * Patrício Freire (born 1987), Brazilian mixed martial artist known as Patrício Pitbull Surname * Miguel Patricio Miguel Patricio (born 1966/1967) is a Portuguese businessman, and the CEO of Kraft Heinz. He succeeded Bernardo Hees in July 2019. Early life Patricio was born in Portugal. He graduated in business administration from Escola de Administração d ... (born ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Archive Footage
Stock footage, and similarly, archive footage, library pictures, and file footage is film or video footage that can be used again in other films. Stock footage is beneficial to filmmakers as it saves shooting new material. A single piece of stock footage is called a "stock shot" or a "library shot". Stock footage may have appeared in previous productions but may also be outtakes or footage shot for previous productions and not used. Examples of stock footage that might be utilized are moving images of cities and landmarks, wildlife in their natural environments, and historical footage. Suppliers of stock footage may be either rights managed or royalty-free. Many websites offer direct downloads of clips in various formats. History Stock footage companies began to emerge in the mid-1980s, offering clips mastered on Betacam SP, VHS, and film formats. Many of the smaller libraries that specialized in niche topics such as extreme sports, technological or cultural collections were boug ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christopher Reeve
Christopher D'Olier Reeve (September 25, 1952 – October 10, 2004) was an American actor, activist, director, and author. He amassed Christopher Reeve on stage and screen, several stage and screen credits in his 34-year career, including playing the Superman (1978 film series character), title character in the Superman in film, ''Superman'' film series (1978–1987). He won a British Academy Film Awards, British Academy Film Award, an Emmy Award, a Grammy Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award. He was also known for his activism. Born in New York City and raised in Princeton, New Jersey, Reeve discovered a passion for acting and theater at the age of nine. He studied at Cornell University and the Juilliard School, making his Broadway theatre, Broadway debut in 1976. His Breakthrough role, breakthrough came with playing the title character in ''Superman (1978 film), Superman'' (1978) and its three sequels (1980–1987). Afterwards, Reeve turned down multiple roles in big-budget mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jane Fonda
Jane Seymour Fonda (born December 21, 1937) is an American actress and activist. Recognized as a film icon, Jane Fonda filmography, Fonda's work spans several genres and over six decades of film and television. She is the recipient of List of awards and nominations received by Jane Fonda, numerous accolades, including two Academy Awards, two British Academy Film Awards, seven Golden Globe Awards, and a Primetime Emmy Award as well as nominations for a Grammy Award and two Tony Awards. Fonda also received the Honorary Palme d'Or in 2007, the AFI Life Achievement Award in 2014, the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement in 2017, the Cecil B. DeMille Award in 2021, and the Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award in 2025. Born to socialite Frances Ford Seymour and actor Henry Fonda, she made her screen debut in the romantic comedy ''Tall Story'' (1960). She rose to prominence acting in the comedies ''Cat Ballou'' (1965), ''Barefoot in the Park (film), Barefoot in the Park'' (1967), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Dreyfuss
Richard Stephen Dreyfuss ( ; Dreyfus; born October 29, 1947) is an American actor. He emerged from the New Hollywood wave of American cinema, finding fame with a succession of leading man parts in the 1970s. He has received an Academy Award, a BAFTA, and a Golden Globe Award. Dreyfuss rose to promimence with starring roles in '' American Graffiti'' (1973), '' The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz'' (1974), '' Jaws'' (1975), and '' Close Encounters of the Third Kind'' (1977). He won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his portrayal of Elliot Garfield in the 1977 romantic comedy '' The Goodbye Girl'', and was Oscar-nominated in the same category for his title role in the 1995 drama '' Mr. Holland's Opus''. His other film credits include '' The Competition'' (1980), '' Stand by Me'' (1986), '' Down and Out in Beverly Hills'' (1986), '' Stakeout'' (1987), '' Nuts'' (1987), '' Always'' (1989), '' Postcards from the Edge'' (1990), '' What About Bob?'' (1991), ''The American President ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alejandro Goic (actor)
Alejandro Eduardo Goic Jerez (born 11 September 1957) is a Chilean actor. He appeared in more than fifty films since 1988. Biography Alejandro Goic is the son of physician Alejandro Goic Goic and Carmen Jerez Horta, and the nephew of former Christian Democratic senator Alberto Jerez Horta. During his youth, Goic was active in the Socialist Youth and then the Socialist Party Socialist Party is the name of many different political parties around the world. All of these parties claim to uphold some form of socialism, though they may have very different interpretations of what "socialism" means. Statistically, most of th .... After the 1973 military coup, he was interrogated and tortured by the DINA. In the 1980s he went into exile in Sweden, where his daughter was born. Selected filmography References External links * 1957 births Living people Chilean male film actors Male actors from Santiago, Chile Chilean people of Croatian descent Chilean actor-politi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sergio Hernández (actor)
Sergio Fernando Hernández Albrecht (born 27 April 1945) is a Chilean actor. He has performed in more than sixty films since 1971. Due to the coup Hernández left Chile in 1973 and worked in film and theater in Europe. He returned to Chile in 1986. Selected filmography References External links * 1957 births Living people Chilean male film actors Chilean male telenovela actors Chilean male television actors Chilean television personalities 20th-century Chilean male actors 21st-century Chilean male actors People from Arica {{Chile-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diego Muñoz (actor)
Diego Muñoz Erenchun (Santiago de Chile, February 11, 1976) is a Chilean actor of film, television and theatre. He is also creative director of the fiction area of ''Centro Mori''. Biography He studied at Saint George's College until II ° Medio, later finishing his studies at Colegio Francisco de Asís de Las Condes. He has maintained a close relationship of friendship since this time with fellow actors Nicolás Saavedra and Mariana Loyola. Graduated from the Fernando González Theater School, where he was a partner of Gonzalo Valenzuela, another great friend of the actor. In 1998 he made his debut in the television series ''Borrón y cuenta nueva'', on Televisión Nacional de Chile. Later he participated in other dramatic productions on Channel 13. He established himself as an actor and heartthrob in the television series ''Machos (TV series), Machos''. At the same time, he has participated in various films including ''Sábado'' y ''Malta con Huevo'', and theatrical prod ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
