Night of the Pencils (1986)
04/09/1986
Drama
1h 45m
- 70% (66 votes)
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Overview
The Night of the Pencils was a series of kidnappings and forced disappearances, followed by the torture, rape, and murder of a number of young students during the last Argentine dictatorship (known as the National Reorganization Process). The kidnappings took place over the course of several days beginning on September 16, 1976.
- Héctor OliveraDirector, Screenplay
- Daniel KonScreenplay
Original Title
La Noche de los Lápices
Status
Released
Original Language
Spanish
Keywords
- assassination
- kidnapping
- dictatorship
- based on true story
- torture
Top Billed Cast
Alejo Garcia Pintos
Pablo
Vita Escardó
Claudia
Pablo Novak
Horacio (as Pablo Novarro)
Leonardo Sbaraglia
Daniel
José María Monje
Panchito (as José Ma. Monje Berbel)
Pablo Machado
Claudio
Adriana Salonia
María Clara
David Gerber
Rusito
Marcelo Serre
Corchito
Walter Peña
Carozo Schunk
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