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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Genres: Drama
Director: Andrés Wood
Actors: MatÃas Quer ,Ariel Mateluna ,Aline Küppenheim ,Ernesto Malbran ,Federico Luppi ,Manuela Martelli ,Tamara Acosta ,Francisco Reyes ,Alejandro Trejo ,Maria Olga Matte ,Aline Küppenheim
Duration: 1h 56m
IMDB rating: 7.8
