Machuca 2004

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

Synopsis:

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
Written by:	Andrés Wood & Eliseo Altunaga & Roberto Brodsky & Mamoun Hassan
Release date:	2004-02-24
Runtime:	116 minutes
Critics score:	89 / 100
Tagline:	Two boys observe a political coup in their native Chile.