Machuca (2004)
February 24, 2004Release Date
Machuca (2004)
February 24, 2004Release Date
Plot.
Where to Watch.
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Cast & Crew.
Matías Quer
Gonzalo Infante
Ariel Mateluna
Pedro Machuca
Manuela Martelli
Silvana
Ernesto Malbrán
Father McEnroe
Aline Küppenheim
María Luisa Infante
Federico Luppi
Roberto
Tamara Acosta
Juana
Francisco Reyes
Patricio Infante
Alejandro Trejo
Willy
María Olga Matte
Miss Gilda
Gabriela Medina
Lucy
Luis Dubó
Ismael Machuca
Andrés Wood
Director
Andrea García-Huidobro
Isabel
Roberto Brodsky
Writer
Mamoun Hassan
Writer
Tiago Correa
Pablo
Alejandro Goic
Father Robles
Pablo Krögh
Colonel Sotomayor
Gerardo Herrero
Producer
Jack Arama
Parent
Francisca Imboden
Maria Luisa's Friend 2
Miguel Miranda
Composer
Catherine Mazoyer
New Teacher
José Miguel Tobar
Composer
Juan Pablo Miranda
Soldier
Aldo Parodi
Tailor
M.I. Littin-Menz
Cinematographer
Fernando Pardo
Editor
Eduardo Burlé
Rolando Hamilton
Carlos Johnson
CastingDirector
Jorge Zepeda
Chofer de Ochagavía
Rodrigo Bazaes
ProductionDesigner
María Izquierdo
(uncredited) / Thanks
Alejandro González
ProductionDesigner
Hugo Vásquez
Parent 1
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
Daniel Alcaíno
Army Sergeant
Verónica Moraga
Maria Luisa's Friend 3
Eliseo Altunaga
Screenplay / Script Supervisor
Soledad Salfate
Editor
Juan Carlos Arriagada
Executive Producer
Media.
Details.
Release DateFebruary 24, 2004
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 56m
Budget$1,500,000
Box Office$3,187,700
Genres
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Machuca is a 2004 internationally co-produced coming-of-age drama film co-written and directed by Andrés Wood. It stars Matías Quer, Ariel Mateluna, Manuela Martelli, and Aline Küppenheim alongside Federico Luppi.
Set in Santiago during the months leading up to the 1973 coup d'état led by General Augusto Pinochet – which overthrew Salvador Allende's socialist government – the film tells the story of two boys who attend an upper-class elementary school: Gonzalo Infante – who belongs to a rich family with a European background – and Pedro Machuca – who is poor and comes from an indigenous background. They are classmates and become friends at this English-language Catholic elite school, which Machuca attends thanks to the social integration project developed by its director, Father McEnroe.
The film is inspired by and dedicated to Father Gerardo Whelan, C.S.C. who from 1969 to 1973 was the director of Colegio Saint George (Saint George's College), the private school depicted in the movie, which the director himself attended as a boy.
Machuca was filmed in July 2003 and produced on a moderate budget of US$1,700,000. It is a joint Chilean-Spanish-British-French international co-production with support from Ibermedia. Production companies included Andrés Wood Producciones, Tornasol Films, Mamoun Hassan, Paraíso, and Chile Films. The film premiered in the Directors' Fortnight parallel section of the 57th Cannes Film Festival in May 2004. It was well received in theaters in Chile and a few other countries, but did not have notable box office success outside of Latin America.