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Machuca (2004)

Name: Machuca
Director: Andrés Wood
Genre: Drama
Released: 2004-02-24
Rating: 7.7

"Two boys observe a political coup in their native Chile."

Year 20041h 56m* 7.7/10Drama

Machuca is a 2004 drama directed by Andrés Wood. It features Matías Quer, Ariel Mateluna, Aline Küppenheim in lead roles. The film carries a runtime of 1h 56m. Audiences have rated it 7.7/10 across 221 votes. It does not currently have an official streaming source listed for India.

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.