Chicago Boys

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.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

November 8, 2015

Original language

Spanish

Spoken languages

Spanish, English

Countries

Chile

Cast

Joaquín Lavín,Jaime Guzmán,Salvador Allende,Patricio Aylwin,Augusto Pinochet,Michelle Bachelet,Sebastián Piñera

Director

Rafael Valdeavellano,Carola Fuentes

Writer

Carola Fuentes

Producer

Carola Fuentes,Rafael Valdeavellano

Cinematography

Pablo Valdés

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt4123562