Night of the Pencils

Name: Night of the Pencils
Genre: Drama
Released: 1986-09-04
Duration: 1 h 45 min
Rating: 7.3
Cast: Alejo Garcia Pintos, Vita Escardó, Pablo Novak, Leonardo Sbaraglia, José María Monje

They were young students. They were raped, tortured, and shot.

La Noche de los Lápices (1986)

1:45 (105 min)

Drama

Argentina

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Production

Aries Cinematográfica Argentina

Release date

4 September 1986

Director

Héctor Olivera

Scenario

María Seoane

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Producer

Fernando Ayala

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Actors

Alejo Garcia Pintos

Pablo

Vita Escardó

Claudia

Pablo Novak

Horacio

Leonardo Sbaraglia

Daniel

José María Monje

Panchito

Pablo Machado

Claudio

Adriana Salonia

María Clara

David Gerber

Rusito

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Short description

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.