Awards: Bogota Film Festival - Best Film, Flanders International Film Festival - Georges Delerue Prize, Lima Latin American Film Festival - Elcine First Prize, Mexico City - Best Latin American Narrative Feature, Valdivia International Film Festival - Best Film, Vancouver International Film Festival - Most Popular Film, Viña del Mar Film Festival - Grand Paoa

MACHUCA was Chile's official Oscar selection for Best Foreign Language Film. Acclaimed director Andres Wood offers a perceptive story of friendship, class struggle and social responsibility. In a bid to foster mutual respect and tolerance, Father McEnroe-the headmaster of a private parochial school-admits children from the poor shantytown families. He is determined they will learn to respect each other. MACHUCA is a coming-of-age story set against the fall of the socialist Allende government and the installation of the military junta in Chile in 1973. The story is told through the eyes of two 11-year-old boys-Gonzalo Infante, who lives in a wealthy neighborhood, and Pedro Machuca, who lives in the shantytown. In addition to the practical difficulties involved in this attempt at integration, there are conflicts caused by the outward social confrontation taking place in Chilean society. As political tensions escalate within the country, the boys’ friendship is tested. ~ AFI Los Angeles International Film Festival

Principal Cast: Mathias Quer, Ariel Mateluna, Manuela Martelli, Aline Kuppenheim, Ernesto Malbran, Francisco Reyes

Producers: Gerardo Herrero, Mamoun Hassan, Andres Wood
Cinematographer: Miguel J. Littin
Editor: Fernando Pardo
Music: Jose Miguel Miranda

Shows: Sunday, Oct. 9 at 3:45 pm and Tuesday, Oct. 11 at 4:00 pm

Official Website: www.machucacine.cl/index-0.htm