Machuca

02/24/2004

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1hr 56min

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Drama

Two boys observe a political coup in their native Chile.

STORY

Santiago, capital of Chile during the Marxist government of elected, highly controversial president Salvador Allende. Father McEnroe supports his leftist views by introducing a program at the prestigious "collegio" (Catholic prep school) St. Patrick to allow free admission of some proletarian kids. One of them is Pedro Machuca, slum-raised son of the cleaning lady in Gonzalo Infante's liberal-bourgeois home. Yet the new classmates become buddies, paradoxically protesting together as Gonzalo gets adopted by Pedro's slum family and gang. But the adults spoil that too, not in the least when general Pinochet's coup ousts Allende, and supporters such as McEnroe.

CAST & CREW

    Cast

  • Matías Quer
  • Ariel Mateluna
  • Aline Küppenheim
  • Ernesto Malbrán
  • Federico Luppi

    Directors

  • Andrés Wood
  • Julio Jorquera
  • María José Droguett

INFORMATION

    Production Companies

  • Ibermedia
  • Tornasol Media
  • Canal+ España
  • TVE
  • Invercine&Wood
  • Paraíso Production
  • Mamoun Hassan Productions

    Production Countries

  • Chile
  • France
  • Spain
  • United Kingdom

LANGUAGES

  • Spanish
  • English