Machuca
210 votes
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.
Status: Released
Released Date: 2004-02-24
Runtime: 116 mins
Director: Andrés Wood
Spoken language: Español, English
Genres: Drama
Original title: Machuca
Production Companies: Tornasol Media, Canal+ España, TVE, Invercine&Wood, Paraíso Production, Mamoun Hassan Productions, Programa Ibermedia
Production Countries: Chile, France, Spain, United Kingdom
Cast
Matías Quer
Ariel Mateluna
Aline Küppenheim
Ernesto Malbrán
Federico Luppi
Manuela Martelli
Tamara Acosta
Francisco Reyes
Alejandro Trejo
María Olga Matte
Gabriela Medina
Luis Dubó
Andrea García-Huidobro
Tiago Correa
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