Historical moments are passing by, and many people have experienced or are experiencing moments that are destined to become history. Sometimes that moment will slowly fade in his mind until he is completely forgotten; some have no sense of that moment at all; but for some people, that moment will affect his life, or he is destined to become Witness or narrator of history. Gonzalo is the latter. The history of Chile in the 1970s has changed his life. His experience and his memories have added new perspectives and new details to us when examining that period of history. Gonzalo was the protagonist in the Chilean movie "Machuca" (also known as "The Sunshine That Year"). He was a child when General Pinochet overthrew the socialist left-wing regime of Allende. The story of the movie is very simple. A Catholic school, a group of semi-sensible boys from good family backgrounds, a few indigenous children who broke into this school, friendship and struggle between children, and the sprouting of sex between children. The complete story of adolescence. But the grand background of the story makes all this extraordinary. In Chile in the 1970s, Allende’s left-wing regime was in turmoil. His radical socialist policy benefited the bottom of society. Those indigenous children could enter the Chilean most important place where Gonzalo was located. Good private schools benefit from this. Allende has the ideal of equality, but he seems to be a layman for the economy. Under his administration, the average living standard of Chilean citizens is declining, the market is also very depressed, and the characters in the movie line up to buy daily necessities. Look for the black market. In this case, he must offend the elite middle class in society.
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