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.
Genre: Drama
Stars: Matías Quer, Ariel Mateluna, Aline Küppenheim, Ernesto Malbrán, Federico Luppi, Manuela Martelli
Crew: Andrés Wood (Screenplay), Juan Carlos Arriagada (Executive Producer), Andrés Wood (Director), Eliseo Altunaga (Screenplay), Gerardo Herrero (Producer), Soledad Salfate (Editor)
Country: Chile, France, Spain, United Kingdom
Language: Español, English
Studio: Ibermedia, Tornasol Media, Canal+ España, TVE, Invercine&Wood, Paraíso Production, Mamoun Hassan Productions
Runtime: 116 minutes
Quality: HD
Released: Feb 24, 2004
IMDb: 3.2
Keywords:1970s, demonstration, trauma, santiago, chile, chile, pinochet regime, friends, historical event, classmate, sexual initiation
