A pair of 12-year-old boys from opposite extremes of society in 1973 Chile form an unlikely friendship during the last days of President Allende and the first days of Pinochet.
Machuca
Drama | Foreign | 2004
Cast
Ricardo Darin, Cecilia Roth, Hector Alterio, Fernanda Mistral
Synopsis
Set in Chile, 1973, this is an astonishingly intimate and painful coming-of-age story about a pair of 12-year-old boys from opposite extremes of society who form an unlikely friendship during the last days of President Allende and the first days of Pinochet. The potent events are accompanied by a searingly beautiful soundtrack with heart-stopping beats that propel the drama of the story.
Producers
Andrés Wood, Gerardo Herrero, Mamoun Hassan, Juan Carlos Arriagada, Patricio Pereira, Nathalie Trafford
Director
Andrés Wood
Official Site
http://www.menemshafilms.com/machuca.html
A pair of 12-year-old boys from opposite extremes of society in 1973 Chile form an unlikely friendship during the last days of President Allende and the first days of Pinochet.
