Machuca

Feb 24, 2004

1h 56m

★ 7.8

Two boys observe a political coup in their native Chile.

Overview

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.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Tornasol Media

Canal+ España

TVE

Invercine&Wood

Paraíso Production

Mamoun Hassan Productions

Programa Ibermedia

Machuca Trailers

No Trailers found.

Cast

Gonzalo Infante

Matías Quer

Pedro Machuca

Ariel Mateluna

María Luisa

Aline Küppenheim

Father McEnroe

Ernesto Malbrán

Roberto

Federico Luppi

Silvana

Manuela Martelli

Juana

Tamara Acosta

Patricio Infante

Francisco Reyes

Willy

Alejandro Trejo

Miss Gilda

María Olga Matte

Lucy

Gabriela Medina

Ismael Machuca

Luis Dubó

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