Machuca (2004)
Synopsis
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.
Release Date: 2004-02-24
Runtime: 116 minutes
Director: Andrés Wood
Budget: $1,500,000 USD
Revenue: $3,187,700 USD
Top Cast
- Matías Quer as Gonzalo Infante
- Ariel Mateluna as Pedro Machuca
- Aline Küppenheim as María Luisa
- Ernesto Malbrán as Father McEnroe
- Federico Luppi as Roberto
- Manuela Martelli as Silvana
- Tamara Acosta as Juana
- Francisco Reyes as Patricio Infante
- Alejandro Trejo as Willy
- María Olga Matte as Miss Gilda
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