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Javallen
19th February 2010, 20:13
Summary: "Machuca" is a coming-of-age drama set against the political and civil turmoil that resulted in Chile's military dictature and the assassination of then-President Salvador Allende on September 11, 1973.

"In 1973, in Santiago of Chile of the first socialist president democratically elected in a Latin-American country, President Salvador Allende, the principal of the Saint Patrick School, Father McEnroe makes a trial of integration between students of the upper and lower classes. The bourgeois boy Gonzalo Infante and the boy from the slum Pedro Machuca become great friends, while the conflicts on the streets leads Chile to the bloody and repressive military coup of General Augusto Pinochet on 11 September 1973, changing definitely their lives, their relationship and their country. " IMDb

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Red Commissar
19th February 2010, 20:35
I haven't heard of this movie, but it seems interesting. Particularly since it is set during that tumultuous period in Chilean history.

bayano
23rd February 2010, 22:11
javallen, i heard of this at a film festival a few years ago. but have you watched it yet? is it any good?

Javallen
16th March 2010, 01:06
yes, very good. totally recommended.