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Two boys observe a political coup in their native Chile. - Machuca
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Title: Machuca

Release Date: 24 Feb 2004

Runtime: 1h 56m

Genre: Drama

Director: Ibermedia, Tornasol Media, Canal+ España, TVE, Invercine&Wood, Paraíso Production, Mamoun Hassan Productions

Production Companies: Ibermedia, Tornasol Media, Canal+ España, TVE, Invercine&Wood, Paraíso Production, Mamoun Hassan Productions

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.

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Ratings

Average Vote: 7.8 (200 votes)

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
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