Machuca
Santiago, capital of Chile during the Marxist government of president Salvador Allende that is chosen , exceptionally controversial. Father McEnroe supports his leftist views by introducing a schedule at the esteemed"collegio" (Catholic prep school) St. Patrick allowing free admission of a few proletarian kids. One of them is slum-raised son of the cleaning lady in the liberal-bourgeois home of Gonzalo Infante, Pedro Machuca. Yet the classmates turned into buddies, as Gonzalo gets ironically protesting adopted by Pedro's slum gang and family. However, the adults stink that not at very least when general Pinochet's coup ousts fans such as McEnroe, also Allende.
Released: 2004-02-24
Genre:
Drama
Duration: 121
min