Machuca (2004)

User Rating:

7.9/10   

Director:

Andrés Wood

Writers:

Eliseo Altunaga (writer)
Roberto Brodsky (writer)
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Release Date:

11 June 2004 (Spain)

Genre:

Biography | Drama

Plot:

Two boys observe a political coup in their native Chile.

Plot Keywords:

Chile | Friend | Political | Pinochet | Socialist

Awards:

9 wins & 3 nominations

Cast

Matías Quer	...	Gonzalo Infante
Cynthia Choukair	...	Starring
Ariel Mateluna	...	Pedro Machuca
Manuela Martelli	...	Silvana
Ernesto Malbran	...	Father McEnroe
Aline Küppenheim	...	María Luisa Infante
Federico Luppi	...	Roberto Ochagavía
Francisco Reyes	...	Patricio Infante
Luis Dubó	...	Ismael Machuca
Tamara Acosta	...	Juana
Maria Olga Matte	...	Miss Gilda
Gabriela Medina	...	Lucy
Tiago Correa	...	Pablo
Alejandro Trejo	...	Willi
Andrea García-Huidobro	...	Isabel
Pablo Krögh	...	Colonel Sotomayor
Alfredo Ahumada
Daniel Alcino
Julio Briceno
Vladimir Dubo
Samuel Echeverria
Lucas Edwards
Benjamin Fernandez
Joaquim Fernández
Matias Field
Alejandro Golz
Carlos Gonzalez
Samuel Guajardo
Claudio Gutierrez
Andrea Herman
Francisca Imboden
María Izquierdo
Franco Jorquero
Alejandro Kellner
Juan Krogh
Catherine Mezeyer
Juan Pablo Miranda
Victor Hugo Ogaz
Tomas Ozola
Aldo Parodi
Isidoro Quer
Javier Quer
Eugenia Soto
Carole Sotomayor
Sebastian Trautmann	...	Gaston
Miguel Villalonga
Hugo Vásquez
Felipe Zapata
Jorge Zepeda
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Kevin Krisciunas	...	Demonstrator (uncredited)

Directed by
Andrés Wood

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Eliseo Altunaga		writer
Roberto Brodsky		writer
Mamoun Hassan		writer
Andrés Wood		writer

Produced by
Juan Carlos Arriagada	....	executive producer
Mamoun Hassan	....	producer
Gerardo Herrero	....	producer
Patricio Pereira	....	executive producer
Nathalie Trafford	....	executive producer
Andrés Wood	....	producer

Original Music by
Miguel Miranda
José Miguel Tobar

Cinematography by
Miguel Ioann Littin Menz

Film Editing by
Fernando Pardo
Soledad Salfate

Casting by
Carlos Johnson

Production Design by
Rodrigo Bazaes
Alejandro González

Art Direction by
María Eugenia Hederra

Set Decoration by
María Eugenia Hederra

Costume Design by
Maya Mora

Makeup Department
Guadalupe Correa	....	makeup artist

Production Management
Eduardo Castro	....	production manager
Patricio Perreira	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Felipe del Río	....	third assistant director
María José Droguett	....	second assistant director
Waldo Salgado	....	assistant director

Sound Department
Miguel Hormazábal	....	sound
Mauricio López	....	sound editor
Marcos Maldavsky	....	sound

Distributors

• Artificial Eye (2005) (UK) (theatrical)
• Badilla (2005) (Colombia) (theatrical)
• Cineteca Nacional (2005) (Venezuela) (theatrical)
• Filmoteca Nacional (2005) (Peru) (theatrical)
• Filmwelt (2005) (Germany) (theatrical)
• Lady Film (2004) (Italy) (theatrical)
• Menemsha Entertainment (2005) (USA) (theatrical) (subtitled)
• Primer Plano Film Group (2005) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• Tiberius Film (2005) (Germany) (theatrical)
• Xenix Filmdistribution (2004-2005) (Switzerland) (theatrical)
• Amazonia Films (2004-2011) (Venezuela) (all media)
• Mandala Films (2005) (Mexico) (all media)
• MegaCom Film (MCF) (2005) (Yugoslavia) (all media)
• Sunfilm Entertainment (2005) (Germany) (DVD)
• Transeuropa Video Entertainment (TVE) (2005) (Argentina) (DVD)
• Transeuropa Video Entertainment (TVE) (2005) (Argentina) (VHS)
• Vivarto (2007) (Poland) (all media)

Also Known As:

Mon ami Machuca (France)

Runtime:

USA:121 min

Country:

Chile | Spain | UK | France

Language:

Spanish

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Argentina:13 | Australia:M | Sweden:15 (TV rating) | Brazil:12 | Chile:TE | Germany:12 | Ireland:15A | Switzerland:12 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:12 (canton of Vaud) | Switzerland:12 (canton of Zurich) | Switzerland:16 (canton of St. Gallen) | UK:15

Filming Locations:

Santiago, Chile

Trivia:

Because of Chile's newborn cinematographic industry there's a few number of professional actors. Since the child actors in the movie were non-professional, the director worked with them for 7 months prior to the shooting.

Movie Connections:

References The Lone Ranger (1956)

point of view of a 26 year old Chilean American

Although i was not old enough to live through these events, its repercussions are still felt today. Its interesting to see this movie in the theater and hear older people in the audience booing and cheering at the different scenes and historical characters in the movie, meaning that it accurately depicts the events. The movie is excellent in the way it portrays the everyday life experienced back in those days. The movie is apolitical in the way the main characters are children, so the focus is everyday life more than taking an actual view. The great special effects used, increase the realism and makes the movie so much better, and you don't even notice they are being used.

I recommend this movie 100% both to Chileans, and foreigners that want a glimpse on the life of the upper/middle classes in Chile back in 1973.