Machuca
movie
Two boys observe a political coup in their native Chile.
Released February 24, 2004
Genres:
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.
Cast
Matías Quer
as
Gonzalo Infante
Ariel Mateluna
as
Pedro Machuca
Aline Küppenheim
as
María Luisa
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Ernesto Malbrán
as
Father McEnroe
Federico Luppi
as
Roberto
Manuela Martelli
as
Silvana
Tamara Acosta
as
Juana
Francisco Reyes
as
Patricio Infante
Alejandro Trejo
as
Willy
María Olga Matte
as
Miss Gilda
Gabriela Medina
as
Lucy
Luis Dubó
as
Ismael Machuca
Crew
Andrés Wood
as
Screenplay
Andrés Wood
as
Producer
Andrés Wood
as
Director
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Eliseo Altunaga
as
Screenplay
Mamoun Hassan
as
Screenplay
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Roberto Brodsky
as
Screenplay
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Carlos Johnson
as
Casting
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M.I. Littin-Menz
as
Director of Photography
Mamoun Hassan
as
Producer
Soledad Salfate
as
Editor
Fernando Pardo
as
Editor
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Juan Carlos Arriagada
as
Executive Producer