Machuca
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Directed by Andrés Wood
Two boys observe a political coup in their native Chile.
The story
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.
Cast & crew
Matías QuerGonzalo Infante
Ariel MatelunaPedro Machuca
Aline KüppenheimMaría Luisa
Ernesto MalbránFather McEnroe
Federico LuppiRoberto
Manuela MartelliSilvana
Tamara AcostaJuana
Francisco ReyesPatricio Infante
Alejandro TrejoWilly
María Olga MatteMiss Gilda
Gabriela MedinaLucy
Luis DubóIsmael MachucaExplore the crew
- Director
- Andrés Wood
- Screenplay
- Eliseo Altunaga
- Screenplay
- Roberto Brodsky
- Screenplay
- Andrés Wood
- Screenplay
- Mamoun Hassan
- Producer
- Andrés Wood
- Director of Photography
- M.I. Littin-Menz
- Editor
- Fernando Pardo
- Editor
- Soledad Salfate
- Producer
- Mamoun Hassan
- Producer
- Gerardo Herrero
- Original Music Composer
- Miguel Miranda