Gonzalo is the latter. The history of Chile in the 1970s changed his life. His experiences and his memories have added new perspectives and new details to our examination of that history. Gonzalo, the protagonist of the Chilean film Machuca (aka "That Sunshine"), was a child when General Pinochet overthrew Allende's leftist socialist regime.
The story of the film is very simple, a Catholic school, a group of semi-sensible boys from good family backgrounds, several indigenous children who broke into the school, the friendship and struggle between the children, and the sprouting of sex between the children. A complete adolescence story. 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 policies benefited the bottom of the society. Those indigenous children were able to enter the most important place in Chile where Gonzalo was located. Good private schools benefit from this. And Allende has the ideal of equality, but seems to be a layman in the economy. Under his administration, the average living standard of Chileans has declined, the market is also very depressed, and the characters in the movie are also queuing to buy daily necessities. Find the black market. In this case, he must have offended the elite middle class in society.
The film begins with a confrontation in the streets between the pro-Allende underclass and the middle class demanding Allende's resignation. With the development of the plot, the conflict between the two sides became more and more intense. Finally, when the situation became more and more chaotic, the army took action, General Pinochet launched a coup, Allende committed suicide, thousands of leftists were arrested and shot, and Chile was then entered by the fanatical socialist regime. The period of the ruthless right-wing military regime. This is a cruel and bloody history, which is just as cruel and bloody in the eyes of children, and makes them even more shocked and unacceptable.
For them, it was a good time. Although there were hostility and troubles between them, there was friendship and hope after all. They could ignore any party in the parade and go shopping with the flags of both parties. , you can also experience two different lives. Although the situation outside affects the lives of these children, after all, in the church's school, the wind and waves outside only ripple here in a few circles. The children felt the storm coming as gunshots rang out outside. The priest who sheltered them was driven out, and the military took over the school. Then, the children who could not pay the fees were also kicked out of the school, and the indigenous people who lived in the shacks on the outskirts of the city were also kicked out. The little Indian girl Gonzalo admired was shot and killed by the soldiers. Salo saw it all. The sunny days are over, and Gonzalo is back in his old life.
But he can't go back to the old days, because he has experienced a bloody history, because he has paid his innocence for this history, and history has left a deep imprint on his soul. The sun was not bright that year, and the sky was full of storms.
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