Machuca
Two boys observe a political coup in their native Chile.
116 mins
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.
Ernesto Malbrán
Father McEnroe
Jack Arama
Parent
Jorge Zepeda
Chofer de Ochagavía
Alfredo Ahumada
Waiter
Mauricio Bustos
Kiosquero
Francisca Concha
Mother Robles
Lucas Edwards
Lucas Honorato
Samuel Guajardo
Bus Driver
Julio Briceño
Priest 2
Pablo Striano
Store Clerk
Verónica Moraga
Maria Luisa's Friend 3
Eliseo Altunaga
Screenplay
Mamoun Hassan
Screenplay
Roberto Brodsky
Screenplay
Carlos Johnson
Casting
M.I. Littin-Menz
Director of Photography
Mamoun Hassan
Producer
Juan Carlos Arriagada
Executive Producer
José Miguel Tobar
Music
Eduardo Castro
Production Manager
Javiera Varas
Art Direction
Julio Jorquera
Location Manager
Miguel Miranda
Original Music Composer
Miguel Hormazábal
Sound
Eliseo Altunaga
Script Supervisor
Nathalie Trafford
Executive Producer
Rodrigo Bazaes
Production Design
María José Droguett
Second Assistant Director
Felipe del Río
Third Assistant Director