Two boys observe a political coup in their native Chile.
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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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 MachucaScreenings in Brussels
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