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Machuca (2004) [N/A]

Release Date:
February 24, 2004

Original Title:
Machuca

Alternate Titles:
Machuca, mein Freund
Min ven Machuca
Mon ami Machuca

Genres:
Drama

Production Companies:
Canal+ España
Ibermedia
Invercine&Wood
Mamoun Hassan Productions
Paraíso Production
TVE
Tornasol Media

Production Countries:
Chile | France | Spain | United Kingdom

Ratings / Certifications:
CH: 16  HU: 16  IE: 15  PL: 16 

Runtime: 116

Two boys observe a political coup in their native Chile.

Overview from TheMovieDB

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.

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Production

Art Direction:
Javiera Varas

Casting:
Carlos Johnson

Director:
Andrés Wood

Director of Photography:
M.I. Littin-Menz

Editor:
Soledad Salfate
Fernando Pardo

Executive Producer:
Juan Carlos Arriagada
Nathalie Trafford

Location Manager:
Julio Jorquera

Music:
José Miguel Tobar

Original Music Composer:
Miguel Miranda

Producer:
Andrés Wood
Mamoun Hassan
Gerardo Herrero

Production Design:
Rodrigo Bazaes

Production Manager:
Eduardo Castro

Screenplay:
Andrés Wood
Eliseo Altunaga
Mamoun Hassan
Roberto Brodsky

Script Supervisor:
Eliseo Altunaga

Second Assistant Director:
María José Droguett

Sound:
Miguel Hormazábal

Sound Editor:
Mauricio López

Thanks:
María Izquierdo
Amparo Noguera

Third Assistant Director:
Felipe del Río

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