fmt← Previous revisionRevision as of 14:21, 22 October 2026 Line 29: Line 29: The film is inspired by and dedicated to Father Gerardo Whelan, [[Congregation of Holy Cross|C.S.C.]] who from 1969 to 1973 was the director of [[Saint George's College, Santiago|Saint George's College]], the private school depicted in the film, which the director himself attended as a boy. ''Machuca'' was filmed in July 2003 and produced on a moderate budget of US$1,700,000.{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/reviews/392/39288.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150321170548/http://www.imdb.com/reviews/392/39288.html |archive-date=21 March 2015 |title=Review for Machuca (2004)|website=[[IMDb]] }} It is a joint Chilean-Spanish-British-French international co-production with support from Ibermedia.{{Cite journal|url=https://www.redalyc.org/pdf/729/72923937024.pdf|page=301|title=Programa Ibermedia: ¿cine transnacional iberoamericano o relaciones públicas para España|location=San José|publisher=[[University of Costa Rica|Universidad de Costa Rica]]|first=Tamara L.|last=Falicov|journal=Reflexiones|volume=91|issue=1|issn=1021-1209|year=2012}} Production companies included Andrés Wood Producciones, Tornasol Films, Mamoun Hassan, Paraíso, and Chile Films. The film is inspired by and dedicated to Father Gerardo Whelan, [[Congregation of Holy Cross|C.S.C.]] who from 1969 to 1973 was the director of [[Saint George's College, Santiago|Saint George's College]], the private school depicted in the film, which the director himself attended as a boy. ''Machuca'' was filmed in July 2003 and produced on a moderate budget of US$1,700,000.{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/reviews/392/39288.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150321170548/http://www.imdb.com/reviews/392/39288.html |archive-date=21 March 2015 |title=Review for Machuca (2004)|website=[[IMDb]] }} It is a joint Chilean-Spanish-British-French international co-production with support from Ibermedia.{{Cite journal|url=https://www.redalyc.org/pdf/729/72923937024.pdf|page=301|title=Programa Ibermedia: ¿cine transnacional iberoamericano o relaciones públicas para España|location=San José|publisher=[[University of Costa Rica|Universidad de Costa Rica]]|first=Tamara L.|last=Falicov|journal=Reflexiones|volume=91|issue=1|issn=1021-1209|year=2012}} Production companies included Andrés Wood Producciones, Tornasol Films, Mamoun Hassan, Paraíso, and Chile Films. The film premiered in the [[Directors' Fortnight]] parallel section of the [[2004 Cannes Film Festival|57th Cannes Film Festival]] in May 2004.{{Cite web|url=https://www.cooperativa.cl/noticias/entretencion/cine/festivales-de-cine/machuca-recibio-una-mencion-especial-en-el-festival-de-cine-de-cannes/2004-05-21/181021.html|website=[[Radio Cooperativa|cooperativa.cl]]|title="Machuca" recibió una mención especial en el Festival de Cine de Cannes|date=21 May 2004}} The film became one of the highest-grossing domestic ever in Chile, and went on grossing more than $3 million in worldwide box office.{{Cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?page=intl&id=machuca.htm|title=Machuca (2005) - International Box Office Results - Box Office Mojo|website=boxofficemojo.com}}https://variety.com/2011/film/awards/fresh-faces-of-chilean-cinema-1118036070/ The film premiered in the [[Directors' Fortnight]] parallel section of the [[2004 Cannes Film Festival|57th Cannes Film Festival]] in May 2004.{{Cite web|url=https://www.cooperativa.cl/noticias/entretencion/cine/festivales-de-cine/machuca-recibio-una-mencion-especial-en-el-festival-de-cine-de-cannes/2004-05-21/181021.html|website=[[Radio Cooperativa|cooperativa.cl]]|title="Machuca" recibió una mención especial en el Festival de Cine de Cannes|date=21 May 2004}} The film became one of the highest-grossing domestic ever in Chile, and went on grossing more than $3 million in worldwide box office.{{Cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?page=intl&id=machuca.htm|title=Machuca (2005) - International Box Office Results - Box Office Mojo|website=boxofficemojo.com}}{{Cite web |last=Fuente |first=Anna Marie de la |date=2011-05-06 |title=Fresh faces of Chilean cinema |url=https://variety.com/2011/film/awards/fresh-faces-of-chilean-cinema-1118036070/ |access-date=2026-10-22 |website=Variety |language=en-US}} ==Plot== ==Plot==