Night of the Pencils

Night of the Pencils (1986)

La Noche de los Lápices

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

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.

Date of release
1986-09-04
TMDB
7.0 / 10 (72)
Runtime
1h 45m
Genres
Drama
Director
Héctor Olivera

Casting

  • 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
  • Marcelo Serre — Corchito
  • Walter Peña — Carozo Schunk
  • Daniel San Joaquín — Chirom
  • Demián Celentano — Diamanti

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