'' No '' is a 2012 internationally co-produced historical drama film directed by Pablo Larraín . The film is based on the unpublished play '' El Plebiscito '' , written by Antonio Skármeta .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 historical moment of advertising tactics in political campaigns as in the 1988 plebiscite , when the Chilean 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
85th Academy Awards
85th Academy Awards
No (2012 film)