Night of the Pencils

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Night of the Pencils (1986)

Directed by Héctor Olivera

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

Drama · 1h 45m

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.

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Cast

Crew

Director
Héctor Olivera
Screenplay
Héctor Olivera, Daniel Kon
Novel
María Seoane, Héctor Ruiz Núñez
Director of Photography
Leonardo Rodríguez Solís
Editor
Miguel López
Producer
Fernando Ayala

Details

Original title
La Noche de los Lápices
Release date
1986-09-04
Runtime
1h 45m
Genres
Drama
Original language
ES
Spoken languages
Spanish
Countries
Argentina
Production
Aries Cinematográfica Argentina