Night of the Pencils (1986)
La noche de los lápices
They were young students. They were raped, tortured, and shot.
105 min
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.
- Release date
- September 4, 1986
- Country of origin
- Argentina
- Music
- José Luis Castiñeira de Dios
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Trailer
Cast
- Alejo García Pintos as Pablo
- Vita Escardó as Claudia
- Pablo Novak as Horacio
- Leonardo Sbaraglia as Daniel
- José María Monje as Panchito
- Pablo Machado as Claudio
- Adriana Salonia as María Clara
- David Gerber as Rusito
- Diego Korol as Crivelli
- Ana Celentano as Delegado asamblea 5
- Tina Serrano as Nelva de Falcone
- Héctor Bidonde as Doctor Falcone
- Esteban Student as Jorge Falcone
- Ángela Ragno as Olga de Ungaro
- Pochi Ducasse as Hedda de Díaz
- David Gerber as Rusito
- Marcelo Serre as Corchito
- Walter Peña as Carozo Schunk
Crew
- Héctor Olivera · Director
- Daniel Kon · Writer
- Héctor Olivera · Writer
- María Seoane · Writer
- Héctor Ruiz Núñez · Writer
- Fernando Ayala · Producer
- José Luis Castiñeira de Dios · Composer
- Leonardo Rodríguez Solís · Cinematographer
- Miguel López · Editor
- María Julia Bertotto · Production designer