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Set against the background of Chile's bloody coup in 1973,
when Pinochet's military junta overthrew the Allende socialist
government, this is the story of how two boys, one from
the privileged suburbs and the other a shanty-town slum-dweller,
become classmates and friends. As the outside world impinges
on their lives, their school, and the lives of their friends
and families, we witness a society verging on civil war.
The settings - school, shanty-town, bourgeois villa, Santiago
- are finely-depicted, the camerawork creates images that
will live with you for years, and the performances of all
the young actors are immensely impressive.
"An art-house classic in the making"
Time Out
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