Chicago Boys (2015)

11/08/2015 (CL) • 1h 25m

Documentary

Overview

The economists behind the implementation of the most extreme capitalist system in the world observe with surprise the discontent of its countrymen. For the first time, they tell the story of how they became Milton Friedman's students in Chicago in the 1950s and what were they willing to do to pursue their extreme economic ideas, aided by Pinochet's dictatorship in the 70s. Unseen images and testimonies that allow us to understand the historic process that transformed the Chilean people and Chile in the country that it is today, an image of success and discontent.

Top Billed Cast

Joaquín Lavín

Self - Minister of Social Development. Chicago Boy '79

Jaime Guzmán

Self (archive footage)

Salvador Allende

Self (archive footage)

Patricio Aylwin

Self (archive footage)

Augusto Pinochet

Self (archive footage)

Michelle Bachelet

Self (archive footage)

Sebastián Piñera

Self (archive footage)


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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

-

Revenue

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Keywords

woman director

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