Multimedia Collection
Machuca
DVD
115 min
2004
PN1995.9 .B7 M33 2006 DVD
Released to widespread acclaim and controversy in Latin America, MACHUCA explores Chile's bloody 1973 coup through the astonishingly intimate coming-of-age story of a pair of 12-year-old boys. From opposite extremes of society, Gonzalo (Matias Quer) and Pedro (Ariel Mateluna) form an unlikely friendship as politics rip their world apart.
Director and co-writer Andrés Wood, himself eight when Pinochet seized power, resurrects searing images of life - and loss of innocence - amidst a crumbling democracy. "Children experience events, but they do not judge," says Wood. "They simply live, and bear witness."
In Spanish with subtitles in English.
Distributed by Menemsha Films (www.menemshafilms.com).
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