Directed by Pablo Larraín, Pablo Larraín

Starring Gael Garcia Bernal, Antonia Zegers, Alfredo Castro, Alfredo Castro, Luis Gnecco, Antonia Zegers, Marcial Tagle, Néstor Cantillana, Luis Gnecco

Each month, Ty Burr, former Boston Globe film critic and Pulitzer Prize finalist, presents a handpicked film screening followed by an interactive group discussion. Join on Wednersday, May 14th as he presents "No"

What if you could vote on a referendum to get rid of a dictator? Sounds too good to be true? It happened in Chile in 1988. Pablo Larraín’s “No” is the story of how one apolitical ad man (Gael Garcia Bernal) came up with a campaign to convince his countrymen to vote “no” on General Augusto Pinochet’s continued rule. Larraín (best known for his “great ladies” trilogy of “Jackie,” “Spencer” and “Maria”) delivers an acid-etched dramatic satire in which happy images of a dictator-free future win out over reminders of the dark past, with Bernal’s character selling democracy the way the Mad Men sold Lucky Strikes in the 1960s. Oscar-nominated for best foreign language film in 2013, “No” is a valuable and timely reminder of the power of Yes in changing the world.