Machuca

1080p 116 min 2004 Published on, 1 year ago

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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.

Country

Chile

Genre

Drama

Released

24 Feb, 2004

Main Cast

Matías Quer , Ariel Mateluna , Aline Küppenheim , Federico Luppi , Manuela Martelli

Supporting Cast

Tamara Acosta , Francisco Reyes , Alejandro Trejo , María Olga Matte , Gabriela Medina

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