Machuca
Sign in to saveMachuca is a 2004 internationally co-produced coming-of-age political drama film co-written and directed by Andrés Wood. It stars Matías Quer, Ariel Mateluna, Manuela Martelli, and Aline Küppenheim alongside Federico Luppi.
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7.7Santiago, 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.
Released: 2004-02-24116 minDir: Andrés WoodDrama
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
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Key facts
- Film.name
- Machuca
- Film.image
- Machuca film poster.jpg
- Film.caption
- Chilean theatrical release poster
- Film.director
- Andrés Wood
- Film.writer
- Roberto BrodskyMamoun HassanAndrés WoodEliseo Altunaga (consultant)
- Film.producer
- Andrés WoodMamoun HassanGerardo Herrero
- Film.cinematography
- Miguel Ioann Littin Menz
- Film.editing
- Fernando PardoSoledad Salfate
- Film.music
- Miguel MirandaJosé Miguel Tobar
- Film.distributor
- Menemsha Entertainment
- Film.runtime
- 121 minutes
- Film.language
- Spanish
- Film.budget
Key dates
- Published
- 31 March 2005
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- drama film
- Country of origin
- France
- Original language
- Spanish
- Director
- Andrés Wood
- Screenwriter
- Gerardo Herrero
- Cast member
- María Izquierdo
- Narrative location
- Santiago
- Duration
- +116
- FilmAffinity ID
- 713463
- Distribution format
Article
7 sectionsContents
- Plot
- Cast
- Reception
- Accolades
- See also
- References
- External links
Machuca is a 2004 internationally co-produced coming-of-age political drama film co-written and directed by Andrés Wood. It stars Matías Quer, Ariel Mateluna, Manuela Martelli, and Aline Küppenheim alongside Federico Luppi.
Set in Santiago during the months leading up to the 1973 coup d'état led by General Augusto Pinochet – which overthrew Salvador Allende's socialist government – the film tells the story of two boys who attend an elite Catholic school: Gonzalo Infante – who belongs to a wealthy family with a European background – and Pedro Machuca – who is poor and comes from an indigenous background.