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Machuca (2004)

Drama

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.

Updated May 10 2020

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US -

2004-02-24

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Runtime: 116 mins Revenue: $3,187,700 Budget: $1,500,000 Rating: 7.7 Tag Line: Two boys observe a political coup in their native Chile.

Cast

Federico Luppi

Roberto

Juan Pablo Miranda

Soldado

Alejandro Trejo

Willy

Matías Quer

Gonzalo

Ariel Mateluna

Machuca

Aline Küppenheim

María Luisa

Ernesto Malbran

Father McEnroe

Andrea García-Huidobro

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