Set in 1986, thirteen-year-old Luchito lives in a working class complex of apartment blocks in Santiago, Chile. He is obsessed with Manuel, a sixteen-year-old who lives in the building across from him.
Social & External
The people behind it
Alfonso David
Luchito
Pedro Campos
Manuel Tapia
Paula Zúñiga
Luchito's Mother
María de Los Ángeles García
Liliana
Pablo Macaya
Manuel's Father
Trinidad González
Manuel's Mother
Clara María Escobar
Neighbor
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