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Availability: In Stock - This item ships within 1-2 business days. If remaining stock is damaged or becomes unavailable, we will restock and ship this item to you at no additional charge. AKA: Prudent Director: Andres Wood (Andrés Wood) Producer: Gerardo Herrero  ||  Mamoun Hassan  ||  Andres Wood (Andrés Wood) Released: 2004 [Chile] Genre: Drama Keywords:  Child / Children || Friendship || Historical || Homeless / Impoverished || Period || Revolution / Revolutionary || School || Student(s) || Wealth

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Plot:	Andres Wood's semi-autobiographical film is set in Chile in 1973, and follows the unexpected friendship of two 11 year-old boys--Gonzalo, who comes from a wealthy middle class neighborhood; and Pedro Machuca, who lives in a nearby illegal shantytown.
Overview:	Chile, 1973. The film is is set during the last days of President Allende and the first days of Pinochet. Gonzalo Infante and Pedro Machuca are two eleven-year-old boys who live in Santiago, the former in a wealthy neighborhood and the latter in a recently created, illegal shantytown just a few blocks away. There is a huge invisible wall dividing these two separate worlds, a wall that some people, caught up in the revolutionary fervor of the times, want to break down. One of these hopeful dreamers is the headmaster at a private parochial school, Father McEnroe. With support from the parents of his students, he admits children from the poor shantytown families into his elitist school. He is determined they will learn to respect each other. That is why Pedro Machuca is in the same class as Gonzalo Infante. The friendship between them is full of discoveries and surprises. But in addition to the practical difficulties involved in this attempt at integration, there are others caused by the open social confrontation taking place in Chilean society between the supporters of President Allende and the army looking to reintroduce 'order'...
Cast:	Matias Quer  ||  Ariel Mateluna  ||  Manuela Martelli  ||  Aline Kuppenheim  ||  Federico Luppi  ||  Ernesto Malbran  ||  Tamara Acosta  ||  Francisco Reyes  ||  Alejandro Trejo  ||  Maria Olga Matte  ||  Gabriela Medina  ||  Lusi Dubo  ||  Andrea Garcia-Huidobro  ||  Tiago Correa  ||  Pablo Krogh (Click any actor to search for more of their movies!)
Running Time:	121 mins. (approx.)
Languages:	Spanish (Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround)
Subtitles:	ENGLISH
Distributor:	Eastern Eye/MadMan  [A Australia-Based Distributor]
Rating:	UN - "Unrated. This film has not been rated by the review board."
Features:	Letterboxed 1.85:1 Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Trailers DVD-9