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.
Cast
Matías Quer
Gonzalo Infante
Ariel Mateluna
Pedro Machuca
Aline Küppenheim
María Luisa
Ernesto Malbrán
Father McEnroe
Federico Luppi
Roberto
Manuela Martelli
Silvana
Tamara Acosta
Juana
Francisco Reyes
Patricio Infante
Alejandro Trejo
Willy
María Olga Matte
Miss Gilda
Gabriela Medina
Lucy
Luis Dubó
Ismael Machuca
Andrea García-Huidobro
Isabel
Tiago Correa
Pablo
Alejandro Goic
Father Robles
Pablo Krögh
Colonel Sotomayor
Jack Arama
Parent
Francisca Imboden
Maria Luisa's Friend 2
Catherine Mazoyer
New Teacher
Juan Pablo Miranda
Soldier
Aldo Parodi
Tailor
Eduardo Burlé
Rolando Hamilton
Jorge Zepeda
Chofer de Ochagavía
María Izquierdo
(uncredited)
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
Crew
Andrés Wood
Director, Screenplay, Producer
Eliseo Altunaga
Screenplay, Script Supervisor
Roberto Brodsky
Screenplay
Mamoun Hassan
Screenplay, Producer
Fernando Pardo
Editor
Soledad Salfate
Editor
M.I. Littin-Menz
Director of Photography
María José Droguett
Second Assistant Director
Felipe del Río
Third Assistant Director
Juan Carlos Arriagada
Executive Producer
Nathalie Trafford
Executive Producer
Gerardo Herrero
Producer
Rodrigo Bazaes
Production Design
Carlos Johnson
Casting
Mauricio López
Sound Editor
Miguel Hormazábal
Sound
Miguel Miranda
Original Music Composer
José Miguel Tobar
Music
Julio Jorquera
Location Manager
Eduardo Castro
Production Manager
Javiera Varas
Art Direction
Amparo Noguera
Thanks
María Izquierdo
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