FILM

Machuca (2004)

Name: Machuca
Director: Andrés Wood
Genre: Drama
Released: 2004-02-24
Cast: Matías Quer, Ariel Mateluna, Aline Küppenheim, Ernesto Malbrán, Federico Luppi

Film · 2004 · 116 min · Drama

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.

Directed by Andrés Wood

Starring Matías Quer, Ariel Mateluna, Aline Küppenheim, Ernesto Malbrán, Federico Luppi, Manuela Martelli, Tamara Acosta, Francisco Reyes

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Release dates in the United States

In cinemas	24 February 2004
Digital release	Not listed
Physical release	Not listed
First release anywhere	24 February 2004

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