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Sep 21, 2023 · The ending of “Machuca” is both heartbreaking and poignant. It serves as a culmination of the themes explored throughout the film – inequality, social division, and the loss of innocence. In the final scenes, we see Gonzalo’s school being taken over by military forces, forcing him to confront the harsh reality outside his sheltered ...
Jun 11, 2004 · Machuca: Directed by Andrés Wood. With Matías Quer, Ariel Mateluna, Manuela Martelli, Aline Küppenheim. Two 12-year-old Chilean children from different social classes become friends in 1973. They both discover each other's world as political tensions in their country increase.
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Apr 14, 2005 · The turbulent days of 1973, in which Augusto Pinochet seized power over Chile before embarking on two decades of brutal oppression, are seen through the eyes of two young boys from opposite ends...
Feb 24, 2004 · Pedro (Ariel Mateluna), who comes from modest means, gets a free ride to an elite Catholic boarding school run by the forward-thinking Father McEnroe (Ernesto Malbran). Gonzalo (Matías Quer), one ...
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Machuca. Reviewed by: Nick Jones. "A beautifully crafted and moving tale." Tweet. Based in Santiago, Chile, during the turbulent year of 1973, Andres Wood's latest film details the childhood of Gonzalo (Mathias Quer) and the friendship he forms with Pedro Machuca (Ariel Mateluna), a new boy at school. Pedro is one of several impoverished ...
Machuca (movie 2004) review summary: Set in 1973 Santiago, Andrés Wood’s mix of coming-of-age drama and sociopolitical commentary is a generally engrossing effort anchored on first-rate performances by a trio of young actors – Matías Quer, Manuela Martelli, and Ariel Mateluna – playing characters from different ranks of Chile’s ...
Machuca. Reviewed by: Trinity. "A passionate, almost angry look at events often forgotten in world history." Tweet. In 1970s Chile, arguably the first Marxist country, President Allende is in power and, in its capital Santiago, the liberal padre of an English school, Father McEnroe, attempts an ambitious social experiment by introducing ...
