Chicago Boys

A sober, talk-heavy archival documentary that asks you to follow economic ideas and their human cost, rewarding patience with quiet outrage.

Directed by

Carola Fuentes, Rafael Valdeavellano

Genres

Documentary

Starring

Joaquín Lavín, Jaime Guzmán, Salvador Allende

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.

How it feels

Earnest, dark and satirical. Measured and needs your attention.

About

Politics, power, class, corruption

Content

Mild violence and language. No gore or sexual content.

Note

Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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