even though we know how the story end and this be a grip fly on the wall film that play almost like a political thriller . during the calm before the storm and we meet hugo chavez a a charismatic and large than life man who have an unbreakable connection with the mestizo who make up 80 % of the population but have previously be shut out of venezuela political process and it oil wealth . he seem as devote to them a they be to him . he travel the country at a hectic pace and reach out to the campesinos and address huge crowd and hugging and kiss ordinary people and accept letter on scrap of paper and and hear plea for help . the people be excite that one of their number have make it to the high office in the land . there be an electric sense of hope and optimism that change for the good be come to the festering barrio . but not everyone be happy with the situation . the pure blood castillian spaniard elite who be a small minority but previously control all the wealth be full of bitterness and resentment . one of the most unintentionally hilarious moment in the film be when an ann coulter lookalike and at a resident meeting in an exclusive gate community and complains of the mestizo and they have no concept of struggle or sacrifice . minute later and a speaker tell the meeting to beware of your domestic servant they could be chavez supporter . duh . of course they be . in a late night interview alone with the film crew and chavez reveals something of his soul a he tell the story of his grandfather . he can be a sensitive and poetic person and though with an impish and even clownish and sense of humor ( like we saw when he address the un and call bush the devil . ) then the storm start to gather force a the coup organizer call for a mass protest and cynically manipulate their supporter into change the route at the last minute and marching on the presidential palace and know it be surround by chavez supporter and violence be inevitable . another element of the plot fall into place a sniper on rooftop begin to fire on the chavez supporter and some of whom fire back . the local equivalent of fox news show this return fire and claim that chavez supporter be massacre protester . then the camera pull back and reveals that there be no protester the street be empty . the protester take a different route . needless to say the footage of the empty street be edit out by the rabidly anti chavez private tv station ( who have be air a constant barrage of propaganda call chavez mentally ill and sexually fixate on fidel castro . ) immediately after the coup and we see the ringleader and their medium propaganda master openly brag on tv about how they have manipulate the situation with reckless disregard for the life of supporter and opponent alike . the filmmaker continue to be at the heart of this chaotic and fast change situation a the military coup surround the palace and threaten to bomb it . chavez eventually surrender to avoid bloodshed but refuse to resign and be whisk away to an offshore island where a plane await to take him where . the u . how can the remain cabinet member avoid arrest and defeat this heavily arm conspiracy of right wing general and ultra wealthy businessmen who be closely link to the bush administration . watch the movie and find out . if your only knowledge of hugo chavez and venezuela be from the u medium and then you know nothing . he be not an unelected tyrant and do not rule by decree he be enormously popular and have be elect and re elect several time with over 60 % of the vote ( something george bush junior have never achieve ) and the devotion he inspire in ordinary venezuelan people be ultimately the reason why the coup fail . this be an extraordinary film about an extraordinary man in an extraordinary situation . the skill of the filmmaker be in be unobtrusive and let the story unfold through the voice of venezuelan at every level from the barrio to the presidential palace and the tumultuous scene and the chaos and confusion out of which a coherent whole emerges that be tense and rivet and move . not to be miss .