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Machuca
“Two boys observe a political coup in their native Chile.”
7.7 / 10• 2004• 1h 56m•NR• Spanish
Drama
Storyline
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
Matías Quer
Gonzalo Infante
Lead
Ariel Mateluna
Pedro Machuca
Aline Küppenheim
María Luisa
Ernesto Malbrán
Father McEnroe
Federico Luppi
Roberto
Manuela Martelli
Silvana
Tamara Acosta
Juana
Francisco Reyes
Patricio Infante
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Andrés Wood's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
4.0
“Every frame feels alive. Machuca is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
