Machuca

“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.

Screenplay

Andrés Wood

Director

Andrés Wood

Screenplay

Eliseo Altunaga

Screenplay

Mamoun Hassan

Status

Released

Release date

24/02/2004

Original language

Spanish

Budget

US$ 2 M

Box office

US$ 3 M