Machuca
Two boys observe a political coup in their native Chile.
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.
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.
Genre: Drama, History, Biography
Actor: Matías Quer, Ariel Mateluna, Aline Küppenheim, Ernesto Malbrán, Federico Luppi, Manuela Martelli, Tamara Acosta, Francisco Reyes, Alejandro Trejo, María Olga Matte
Director: María José Droguett, Felipe del Río, Andrés Wood, Eliseo Altunaga
Country: Chile, France, Spain, United Kingdom
Produced By: Ibermedia, Tornasol Films, Canal+ España, TVE, Invercine&Wood, Wood Producciones S.A.
Runtime: 116
Release: 2004
Rating: 7.747 out of 10
Language: Español, English, es,
Views: 295
Content Rating:Not Rated
Quality: DVD
Also known as: Mon Ami Machuca, Machuca, Mein Freund, Min Ven Machuca
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