September 6, 2007
so sad....eyeopening
Ariel Mateluna, Matias Quer, Manuela Martelli
Santiago, Chile, 1973: Pedro Machuca is a poor boy of tribal descent, brought into an upper class private school during Chile's brief socialist era. Gonzalo, the well-to-do boy seated a row ahead, bef...( read more
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DVD Release Date: March 6, 2007
Stats: 368 reviews
Flixster Reviews (368)
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October 5, 2006A movie that takes an average coming of age template and mixes it with the true story of social changes in 1970s Chile. Good acting by the main characters, especially for child actors. If the title character, Machuca, was given more of a reason for his name to be the title than t...( read more)
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November 24, 2009I must thank my spanish teacher for playing this movie for us in class. It's great.
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June 7, 2009Muy bueno. Cumpre com brilho o que promete e está registrado na sinopse. Há ali o mundo das crianças, seu jeito de brincar, de estruturar rivalidades e alianças, de descobrir o mundo. Há pouco a dizer para além disso, porque o filme é bonito e, de certa maneira, simples.
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February 17, 2009Excelente pelicula sobre la amistad entre dos niños de diferentes clases sociales que viven una misma realidad de diferente modo. Un buen vistazo a lo que fue una época tumultuosa y muy triste en la historia de Chile. Totalmente recomendada.
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January 24, 2009machuca logra retratar un momento histórico en Chile con una buena fotografía y una muy bien lograda dirección de arte, mostrar los mundos de los dos niños y los altibajos de la amistad junto con la historia de Chile es un gran trabajo
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September 28, 2008This movie bowled me over - the amazing story of the friendship between two kids from vastly different classes through tumultous political times.
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August 18, 2008Machuca is definitely worth watching IMO.
If you like it then you may like Innocent Voices.
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