Machuca (2004)
Two boys observe a political coup in their native Chile.
Starring Matías Quer, Ariel Mateluna, Aline Küppenheim
Directed by Andrés Wood
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.
Runtime: 116 min.
Rating: 7.7
DVD
Languages: English,Spanish
Countries: Chile,France,Spain,United Kingdom
Genres: Drama
Keywords: 1970s,demonstration,trauma,santiago,chile,pinochet-regime,friends,student,historical event,classmate,sexual initiation
Cast
Gonzalo
Machuca
María Luisa
Father McEnroe
Roberto
Silvana
Juana
Patricio Infante
Willy
Miss Gilda
Lucy
Ismael Machuca
Isabel
Pablo
Colonel Sotomayor
Apoderado
Amiga 2 Maria Luisa
Profesora Nueva
Soldado
Sastre
Rolando Hamilton
Chofer de Ochagavía
(uncredited)
Apoderado 1
Mozo
Kiosquero
Madre Robles
Lucas Honorato
Chofer Micro