Machuca

Machuca

116 mins | Drama | Feb. 24, 2004

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.

Machuca

116 mins | Drama | Feb. 24, 2004

Machuca
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.
IMDb rating 7.7
Producers Ibermedia, TVE, Tornasol Films, Canal+ España, Invercine&Wood
Original title Machuca
Directors María José Droguett, Felipe del Río, Eliseo Altunaga, Andrés Wood
Writers Mamoun Hassan, Roberto Brodsky, Eliseo Altunaga, Andrés Wood

Cast

Matías Quer

as Gonzalo Infante

Ariel Mateluna

as Pedro Machuca

Aline Küppenheim

as María Luisa

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

Maria Olga Matte

as Miss Gilda

Gabriela Medina

as Lucy

Luis Dubó

as Ismael Machuca

Tiago Correa

as Pablo

Alejandro Goic

as Father Robles

Pablo Krögh

as Colonel Sotomayor

Jack Arama

as Parent

Francisca Imboden

as Maria Luisa's Friend 2

Catherine Mazoyer

as New Teacher

Juan Pablo Miranda

as Soldier

Aldo Parodi

as Tailor

Eduardo Burlé

as Rolando Hamilton

Jorge Zepeda

as Chofer de Ochagavía

María Izquierdo

as (uncredited)

Hugo Vásquez

as Parent 1

Alfredo Ahumada

as Waiter

Mauricio Bustos

as Kiosquero

Francisca Concha

as Mother Robles

Lucas Edwards

as Lucas Honorato

Samuel Guajardo

as Bus Driver

Julio Briceño

as Priest 2

Pablo Striano

as Store Clerk

Daniel Alcaíno

as Army Sergeant

Verónica Moraga

as Maria Luisa's Friend 3