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Marilie 2021-12-30 17:18:13
"Machuca", a boy's name, has a Chinese translation called "The Sunshine That Year", but under the Chilean sunshine in 1973, society was turbulent and gloomy. The film shows such a piece of history from the perspective of two children from different classes. It does not make evaluations or criticisms, but let us experience it for ourselves through the interaction between them. At the end, the supporters of the anti-government movement in the slums were wiped out by the army. Together they witnessed the girl they liked was shot to death. Faced with the push of the soldiers, Gonzalo cried and said, "I am not here, I live on the other side of the river...look at me Clothes", at that moment, some things between them ended
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