Archive of films Machuca / Machuca

Chile / Spain
2004, 120 min

Section: Forum of Independents - Competition
Year: 2005

Chile 1973. Two children, aged 11: Gonzalo Infante from a well-to-do family and Pedro Machuca, a peasant’s son, meet in a posh Catholic school, run by an idealistic Catholic priest, Father MacEnroe, whose aim is to teach respect and tolerance at a time when the country’s political and social climate is degenerating.

Synopsis

Chile 1973. Two children, aged 11: timid Gonzalo Infante comes from a well-to-do family living in a fashionable part of town; Pedro Machuca, a peasant’s son, gets by in a shantytown. These two children, who have nothing in common, will meet at school thanks to the initiative of an idealistic Catholic priest, Father MacEnroe. His aim is to integrate children from underprivileged sectors of the population into the superior Catholic school he heads in Santiago. His aim is to teach respect and tolerance at a time when the country’s political and social climate is degenerating.

About the director

Andrés Wood (b. 1965, Santiago) majored in economics in Chile. In 1990, he studied film at NYU. In 1992, he made his first short, Idilio, then Reunión de la familia in 1994. His first feature, Historias de fútbal, was released in Chile in 1997. La fiebre del loco, his second feature, made in 2000, was selected for the 2001 Venice Film Festival.

Contacts

Latido Films
C/ San Bernardo, 20, 2º8, 28015, Madrid
Spain
Tel: +34 915 488 877
E-mail: [email protected]
www: www.latidofilms.com

Paraiso Production
3, rue Houdart, 75020, Paris
France
Tel: +349 1548 8877
Fax: +349 1548 8878
E-mail: [email protected]

About the film

Color, 35 mm

Section:	Forum of Independents - Competition

Director:	Andrés Wood
Screenplay:	Roberto Brosky, Mamoun Hassan, Andrés Wood
Dir. of Photography:	Miguel J. Littin
Music:	José Miguel Miranda
Editor:	Fernando Pardo
Producer:	Gerardo Herrero
Production:	Paraiso Production koprodukce/co-production Wood Producciones
Cast:	Ariel Mateluna, Matias Quer, Manuela Martelli
Contact:	Latido Films, Paraiso Production

www:	www.machucacine.cl