Machuca (2004)
• February 24th, 2004 • 1h 56min
Drama
Overview
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.
Make sure to check your pop-up blocker!!
Trailer
Similar Movies
Ben-Hur
Released on: 1959-11-18
History, Drama, Adventure, Action
In 25 AD, Judah Ben-Hur, a Jew in ancient Judea, opposes the occupying Roman empire. Falsely accuse...
Together
Released on: 2000-08-25
Drama, Comedy, Romance
Elisabeth leaves her abusive and drunken husband Rolf, and goes to live with her brother, Göran. The...
GoodFellas
Released on: 1990-09-12
Drama, Crime
The true story of Henry Hill, a half-Irish, half-Sicilian Brooklyn kid who is adopted by neighbourho...
Boys Don't Cry
Released on: 1999-09-02
Crime, Drama
A young transgender man explores his gender identity and searches for love in rural Nebraska.
Natural Born Killers
Released on: 1994-08-26
Crime, Thriller, Drama
Two victims of traumatized childhoods become lovers and serial murderers irresponsibly glorified by ...
Bed and Board
Released on: 1970-09-09
Comedy, Drama, Romance
Parisian everyman Antoine Doinel has married his sweetheart Christine Darbon, and the newlyweds have...
Love on the Run
Released on: 1979-01-24
Romance, Drama, Comedy
Antoine is now 30, working as a proofreader and getting divorced from his wife. It's the first "no-f...
Gandhi
Released on: 1982-12-01
Drama, History
In the early years of the 20th century, Mohandas K. Gandhi, a British-trained lawyer, forsakes all w...
Tsotsi
Released on: 2005-12-23
Crime, Drama
A young South African boy from the Johannesburg ghetto named Tsotsi, meaning Gangster, leaves home a...
Designation of Origin
Released on: 2025-04-24
Comedy, Documentary, Drama
The small town of San Carlos suffers an atrocious injustice: the neighboring city of Chillán snatche...
The Horse Whisperer
Released on: 1998-02-01
Adventure, Drama, Romance
The mother of a severely traumatized daughter enlists the aid of a unique horse trainer to help the ...
The Poseidon Adventure
Released on: 1972-12-01
Adventure, Drama, Thriller
When their ocean liner capsizes, a group of passengers struggle to survive and escape.
Solaris
Released on: 1972-03-20
Drama, Science Fiction, Mystery
A psychologist is sent to a space station orbiting a planet called Solaris to investigate the death ...
Titanic
Released on: 1997-11-18
Drama, Romance
101-year-old Rose DeWitt Bukater tells the story of her life aboard the Titanic, 84 years later. A y...
Munich
Released on: 2005-12-23
Drama, Action, History, Thriller
During the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich, eleven Israeli athletes are taken hostage and murdered by a...
All About My Mother
Released on: 1999-04-16
Comedy, Drama
Following the tragic death of her teenage son, Manuela travels from Madrid to Barcelona in an attemp...
Blind Chance
Released on: 1987-01-10
Drama
Witek runs after a train. Three variations follow on how such a seemingly banal incident could influ...
Breaking the Waves
Released on: 1996-07-05
Drama, Romance
In a small and conservative Scottish village, a woman's paralytic husband convinces her to have extr...
The Killing Fields
Released on: 1984-11-23
Drama, History, War
New York Times reporter Sydney Schanberg is on assignment covering the Cambodian Civil War, with the...
First They Killed My Father
Released on: 2017-02-18
War, Drama, History
A 5-year-old girl embarks on a harrowing quest for survival amid the sudden rise and terrifying reig...