Machuca
Item
Title / Título (Original)
Machuca
Director
Release Date / Fecha de estreno
2004
Film Guide / Guía de película
Language / Idioma
Spanish / español
Country / País
Production Company / Compañía de Producción
Andrés Wood Producciones
Tornasol Films
Description / Descripción
Chile, 1973. Gonzalo Infante y Pedro Machuca son dos niños de once años que viven en Santiago, el primero en un barrio acomodado y el segundo en un humilde poblado ilegal. Ambos son compañeros de un colegio privado (al cual Pedro accede por becas que ofrece el director). Pero a las dificultades objetivas de este intento de integración se agregan las que se derivan del clima de abierto enfrentamiento social que vive la sociedad chilena. (Portal del cine y audiovisual Latinoamericano y caribeño)
Political unrest helps spawn and destroy a friendship between two schoolboys. In Chile in 1973, as the leadership of socialist president Salvador Allende was coming under fire from the nation's military. Father McEnroe, one of the headmasters of an exclusive private school, decides to confront this matter by giving a handful of poor children a full scholarship. Pedro Machuca is one of the new students, and while he and his fellows are picked on by the school's bullies, Pedro is a brave kid who stands his ground, and he is soon befriended by Gonzalo Infante, whose rich parents live in Santiago's wealthy suburbs.
Category / Categoría
Cinematic Period / Periodo cinematográfico
Collection
Citation
“Machuca,” Cinegogía, accessed October 6, 2024, https://cinegogia.omeka.net/items/show/125.