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Machuca
''Machuca'' is a 2004 internationally co-produced film co-written and directed by Andrés Wood. It stars Matías Quer, Ariel Mateluna, Manuela Martelli, and Aline Küppenheim alongside Federico Luppi. Set in Santiago during the months leading up to the 1973 coup d'état led by General Augusto Pinochet – which overthrew Salvador Allende's socialist government – the film tells the story of two boys who attend an upper-class elementary school: Gonzalo Infante – who belongs to a rich family with a European background – and Pedro Machuca – who is poor and comes from an indigenous background. They are classmates and become friends at this English-language Catholic elite school, which Machuca attends thanks to the social integration project developed by its director, Father McEnroe. The film is inspired by and dedicated to Father Gerardo Whelan, C.S.C. who from 1969 to 1973 was the director of Colegio Saint George ( Saint George's College), the private school depicted in t ...
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Andrés Wood
Andrés Wood Montt (born 14 September 1965) is a Chilean film director, producer and writer. Some of his most popular films include ''Machuca'', '' Violeta se fue a los cielos'', and ''Historias de Futbol''. He created his own production company known as Wood Producciones in 1993. Early life and education Born in Santiago, Chile, Wood is Chilean of Irish and Scottish descent. He grew up in a middle-class home and credits much of his artistic influence to his childhood in Chile based on the political climate of the country, specifically with the Pinochet dictatorship. Wood's father worked as an architect while his mother taught kindergarten. Both of his parents were conservative and favored an end to the Allende government. However, Wood had the opportunity to study at elite but progressive institutions throughout his life. Andres Wood attended Saint George's College. He graduated as an economist from the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile in 1988. In 1991 he attended New ...
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Manuela Martelli
Manuela Abril Martelli Salamovich (born April 16, 1983 in Santiago) is a Chilean film and television actress and director best known for her roles in the films ''B-Happy'' and ''Machuca''. She starred with the famous Dutch actor Rutger Hauer in the Chilean-Italian film ''Il Futuro'', based on Roberto Bolaño's novel A Little Lumpen Novelita. Her first feature film ''1976'' was shown at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival at the Director's Fortnight section. Early life On April 16, 1983, Martelli was born in Santiago de Chile. Martelli's parents are Nicolás Martelli, of Italian descent,http://actrizchilena.blogspot.com/2007/08/manuela-martelli-ha-crecido.html interview with Manuela Martelli for actrizchilena.blogspot.com and Marian Salamovich, of Croatian descent. Education Martelli studied at Saint George's College, Santiago and later studied drama at the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. Career Martelli played the main role in the film ''B-Happy'' by Gonzalo Justin ...
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Aline Küppenheim
Aline Adriana Küppenheim Gualtieri (born 10 August 1969) is a Chilean actress. Biography and career Born to a French father and a Chilean mother, Kuppenheim spent his early years traveling around different parts of Europe as a result of his parents' trade -both artisans-. From there, her interest for drawing was also born, since -according to his own confession- he used to draw with chalk in the streets of Paris, while his parents worked. She returned to Chile in the early 1980s, where he studied at La Girouette School at Las Condes. Later he studied theater at Fernando González's academy-club. She made her debut in telenovelas in 1991 with the successful TV series ''Ellas por ellas'' de Canal 13 playing Victoria "Vicky". She then changes to TVN where she participates in the teleseries ''Trampas y caretas'' and ''Jaquemate'', in the latter she gets her first important role as one of the young protagonists of the story along with Felipe Camiroaga. Later he returned to Chann ...
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Saint George's College, Santiago
Saint George's College, founded in 1936 and run by the Congregation of Holy Cross, is a private school in Santiago, Chile. According to Seminarium Head Hunting, one third of the CEOs of the top 200 companies in Chile are graduates of the school. History Three Holy Cross priests arrived in Santiago, Chile, on March 1, 1943, at the invitation of José María Cardinal Caro, Archbishop of Santiago, to administer Saint George's College. Fathers William Havey, Alfred Send, and Joseph Doherty believed they were going to do university work, not knowing that "college" meant a school of first through 12th graders. St. George's was the only private school in Chile to be taken over by military government following the September 1973 coup. The Congregation returned to the school in 1986. Originally an all-boys school, Saint George's College was made co-educational in 1973. It was initially located in the Pedro de Valdivia part of Providencia, in 1970 it was relocated to Vitacura. Its t ...
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Ariel Mateluna
Ariel Mateluna (born 21 March 1989) is a Chilean actor.http://www.chvnoticias.cl/espectaculos/ariel-mateluna-presento-en-instagram-a-su-hijo-recien-nacido/2016-09-16/111222.html He appeared in more than twenty films since 2004. Selected filmography References External links * 1989 births Living people Chilean male film actors {{Chile-actor-stub ...
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1973 Chilean Coup D'état
The 1973 Chilean coup d'état Enciclopedia Virtual > Historia > Historia de Chile > Del gobierno militar a la democracia" on LaTercera.cl. Retrieved 22 September 2006. In October 1972, Chile suffered the first of many strikes. Among the participants were small-scale businessmen, some professional unions, and student groups. Its leaders – Vilarín, Jaime Guzmán, Rafael Cumsille, Guillermo Elton, Eduardo Arriagada – expected to depose the elected government. Other than damaging the national economy, the principal effect of the 24-day strike was drawing Army head, Gen. Carlos Prats, into the government as Interior Minister, an appeasement to the right wing. (Gen. Prats had succeeded Army head Gen. René Schneider after his assassination on 24 October 1970 by a group led by Gen. Roberto Viaux, whom the Central Intelligence Agency had not attempted to discourage.) Gen. Prats supported the legalist Schneider Doctrine and refused military involvement in a coup d'état against ...
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Gerardo Herrero
Gerardo Herrero Pérez-Gamir (born 28 January 1953) is a Spanish film director, screenwriter and producer. He is a prolific promoter of international coproductions and collaborations between Spain and Hispanic American countries. From 1993 to 1994, he chaired the Academy of Cinematographic Arts and Sciences of Spain. His 1997 film '' Comanche Territory'' was entered into the 47th Berlin International Film Festival. Herrero founded Tornasol Films together with Javier López Blanco in 1987. He has often co-produced in tandem with Uruguayan producer Mariela Besuievsky, with whom he has also shared a domestic partnership. Filmography as film director *1994: '' Desvío al paraíso'' *1995: '' Malena es un nombre de tango'' (''Malena Is a Name from a Tango'') *1997: '' Territorio Comanche'' (''Comanche Territory'') *1998: '' Frontera Sur'' *1999: '' América mía'' *2000: '' Las razones de mis amigos'' *2001: '' El lugar donde estuvo el paraiso'' *2003: '' El misterio Galíndez'' ...
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Roberto Brodsky
Roberto Brodsky Baudet (born 1957, Santiago, Chile) is a Chilean novelist and screenwriter. He has written four novels, several film and theater scripts, and over 250 articles published in national newspapers and magazines. Baudet was awarded the 2007 Jaén Prize for Best Novel and the 2009 Martin Nuez Award, both for his 2008 novel ''Bosque Quemado'' (Burnt Forest). He lives in New York City with his wife and family. He is Adjunct Professor at the Center for Latin American Studies in Georgetown University. Novels *2008 – ''Bosque quemado'' (Burnt Forest), Premio Jaén - España *2004 – ''El arte de callar'' (The Art of Silence) *2001 – ''Los últimos días de la historia'' (The Last Days of History) *1999 – ''El peor de los héroes'' (The Worst of Heroes) Short stories *"El crimen de escribir" (The Crime of Writing) *"Con Pasión" (With passion) Filmography - scripts *2010 – ''Mi vida con Carlos'' (My Life with Carlos) - documentary *2007 – ''El brindis'' (The Toast) ...
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Francisco Reyes Morandé
Eugenio Francisco Reyes Morandé (born July 6, 1954, in Santiago) is a Chilean television, theatre and film actor. He made his debut in the year 1989 in the series ''Sor Teresa de Los Andes'' on TVN. Notable performances include those with Chilean actress Claudia di Girolamo. Francisco has married to Carmen Romero since 1987 and has five children. In 2007 he appeared in the TVN program ''El Baile'' and he won the competition. In 2017 he gained international recognition for his role as Orlando, the older boyfriend of Marina (Daniela Vega) in Sebastián Lelio's Oscar-winning film ''A Fantastic Woman.'' Filmography Theatre * '' El Tony chico'' * ' (1991–1992) * '' Patas de perro'' 2000 * '' Enrique por Lhin'' 2001 * ''Eva Perón'' 2002 * '' El Campo'' 2004 * '' Dejála Sangrar'' 2005 * '' Copenhague'' 2006 * ''Criminal'' 2007 * ''Filotas'' 2007 * ''Pancho Villa Francisco "Pancho" Villa (,
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2004 Cannes Film Festival
The 57th Cannes Film Festival started on 12 and ran until 23 May 2004 in film, 2004. The Palme d'Or went to the United States, American film ''Fahrenheit 9/11'' by Michael Moore. The festival opened with ''Bad Education (2004 film), La mala educación'', directed by Pedro Almodóvar and closed with ''De-Lovely'', directed by Irwin Winkler. Laura Morante was mistress of the ceremonies. Juries Main competition The following people were appointed as the Jury for the feature films of the 2004 Official Selection: * Quentin Tarantino, () Jury President * Emmanuelle Béart () * Edwidge Danticat ( & ) * Tilda Swinton () * Kathleen Turner () * Benoît Poelvoorde () * Jerry Schatzberg () * Tsui Hark () * Peter von Bagh () Un Certain Regard The following people were appointed as the Jury of the 2004 Un Certain Regard: * Jeremy Thomas (producer) () President * Carlos Gomez (critic) () * Baba Richerme (journalist) () * Eric Libiot (critic) () * Eva Zaoralova (artistic director of the Karl ...
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Federico Luppi
Federico Luppi (; February 23, 1936 – October 20, 2017) was an Argentine-Spanish film, TV, radio and theatre actor. He won numerous awards throughout his acting career, including a Concha de Plata at the San Sebastian International Film Festival. Biography Luppi worked mostly in Argentine cinema, but also worked in Chile, Mexico, Spain, and the United States. He acted in almost 100 films and 50 television series from the time of his debut in 1964. His first films were Pajarito Gómez and Psique y sexo in 1965. In 2004, he directed his first film, '' Pasos'' (''Steps''), made in Spain. His English-language films (and his work with international directors) include John Sayles' ''Men with Guns'' and '' Los pasos perdidos'', among others. He was one of Guillermo del Toro's favorite actors, and they worked together in three of del Toro's films: '' Cronos'', ''The Devil's Backbone'' Scott, A. O. (November 21, 2001). ''The New York Times''The Devil's Backbone (review overview)./re ...
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Mamoun Hassan
Mamoun Hassan (12 December 1937 – 29 July 2022) was a Saudi-born British screenwriter, director, editor, producer and teacher of film who held prominent positions in British cinema during the 1970s and 1980s, frequently backing experimental work. He was the first head of production of the British Film Institute (BFI) and later managing director of the National Film Finance Corporation (NFFC). Life and career Mamoun Hassan was born in Jeddah, in Saudi Arabia on 12 December 1937. He began his career in film working as an editing assistant with Kevin Brownlow. He made his first distributed short film 'The Meeting', in1965, for which he was awarded a best prize award at the Oberhausen Film Festival. He was the first head of production of the British Film Institute from 1971, in which post he instigated the BFI's policy of backing low-budget feature films that charted in new directions; he assisted the director Bill Douglas by securing crew and funding to make '' The Bill Douglas Trilo ...
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