Drama
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.
Directed by
Andrés Wood
Federico Luppi
Roberto
Aline Küppenheim
María Luisa
Alejandro Trejo
Willy
Alejandro Goic
Father Robles
Luis Dubó
Ismael Machuca
Amparo Noguera
Francisco Reyes
Patricio Infante
Tamara Acosta
Juana
Manuela Martelli
Silvana
Ariel Mateluna
Pedro Machuca
Daniel Alcaíno
Army Sergeant
Pablo Krögh
Colonel Sotomayor
María Izquierdo
(uncredited)
Matías Quer
Gonzalo Infante
Eduardo Burlé
Rolando Hamilton
Juan Pablo Miranda
Soldier
Hugo Vásquez
Parent 1
Aldo Parodi
Tailor
Andrea García-Huidobro
Isabel
María Olga Matte
Miss Gilda
Catherine Mazoyer
New Teacher
Tiago Correa
Pablo
Gabriela Medina
Lucy
Francisca Imboden
Maria Luisa's Friend 2
Ernesto Malbrán
Father McEnroe
Jack Arama
Parent
Jorge Zepeda
Chofer de Ochagavía
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
Verónica Moraga
Maria Luisa's Friend 3

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