Machuca (2004)

Regisseur:

Andrés Wood

Drehbuchautoren:

Eliseo Altunaga (writer)
Roberto Brodsky (writer)

Premierendatum:

11. Juni 2004 (Spain)

Genre:

Biographie | Drama

Plot:

Two boys observe a political coup in their native Chile.

Plot Keywords:

Banging Pots And Pans | Underwear | Schoolyard | Birthday | Equal Rights

Filmpreise:

8 wins & 3 nominations

Nutzerkommentare:

Exceptional!

Besetzung

Matías Quer	...	Gonzalo Infante
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

Alternativ:

Machuca, mein Freund (Deutschland) [de]

Länge:

USA:121 Min

Produktionsland:

Chile | Spain | UK | France

Sprache:

Spanisch

Farbe:

Farbe

Seitenverhältnis:

1.85 : 1

Tonverfahren:

Dolby Digital

Altersfreigabe:

Australia:M | Sweden:15 (TV rating) | Argentina:13 | 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

Drehorte:

Santiago, Chile

Dies und das:

The book that Gonzalo's mother's friend gives to him is "The Lone Ranger", the story of a man who befriends an Indian.

Bezüge zu anderen Titeln:

Verweist auf/spielt an auf/erwähnt The Lone Ranger (1956)

Exceptional!

I must start with saying that this is probably one of the best movies of the year if not of all times. It s set in the "revolution" days in Chille when the Facists came to power. The story is about a rich boy who studies in a rich school when the principle decides to bring in poor students for free. Of course, the rich kids and their parents doesn't like it but it's not like the poor kids can't stand out for themselves... The rich kid is making friends with a poor kid (Machuca) and they enjoy life together while everything falls apart around them. And there is a very powerful end which I won't reveal, but you'll see it coming if you know history.

The first thing that I've noticed is the cinematography. You know how American movies are always aiming for a perfect clean picture. Well, I don't like that style, and that is why I liked the cinematography in Machuca so much. The picture is a little dark and looks to be old. It gives the movie that is set in the 70's a real 70's feeling. It's very nice, even if the story gets a little boring for a second (nah, the movie was great at every time) the picture still makes it nice to watch.

The second thing that I've noticed is that while the movie is played mainly by kids they actually hold the movie very well. It's a very convincing acting, almost flawless. But the rest of the cast is very good too, the mother, the principle, I enjoyed the acting of all of them. Also to complete a great picture there is a great soundtrack. And when I say great I mean GREAT! The music is so vivid and placed well. It will take a while to get it out of my head. Oh, and another thing. I'm still only learning to appreciate a good editing (it's not a trivial thing at all) but this movie seems to get it all right. Every scene is on place and ends when needed, there are no useless scenes and there is no feeling that something is missing. I think that it's perfect editing (in the sense that they can't edit that movie any better).

So all in all, very very recommended! It's available on DVD for now but it should be released in a month or so in the theaters but it will be a very limited release.