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Machuca(2004)
Status: Released
Date: 2004-02-24
78%
209 Votes
Time: 1h 56m
Two boys observe a political coup in their native Chile.
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.
Languages: Spanish, English.
Countries:
Chile,
France,
Spain,
United Kingdom
Budget: $1,500,000.00
Revenue: $3,187,700.00
ProductionCompanies: 
Mamoun Hassan Productions
Movie: Machuca
Top 10 Billed Cast
Matías Quer
Gonzalo Infante
Ariel Mateluna
Pedro Machuca
Aline Küppenheim
María Luisa
Federico Luppi
Roberto
Manuela Martelli
Silvana
Tamara Acosta
Juana
Francisco Reyes
Patricio Infante
Alejandro Trejo
Willy
María Olga Matte
Miss Gilda
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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.
Release Date
2004-02-24
Average
7.751
Rating:
3.9 startsTagline
Two boys observe a political coup in their native Chile.
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