Night of the Pencils
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“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.
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Alejo Garcia Pintos
Pablo
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Vita Escardó
Claudia
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Pablo Novak
Horacio
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Leonardo Sbaraglia
Daniel
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José María Monje
Panchito
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Pablo Machado
Claudio
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Adriana Salonia
María Clara
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David Gerber
Rusito
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Marcelo Serre
Corchito
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Walter Peña
Carozo Schunk
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Daniel San Joaquín
Chirom
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Demián Celentano
Diamanti
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Héctor Olivera Director · Daniel Kon Screenplay María Seoane Author
United States release March 14, 1987 · Produced in Argentina · Original title La Noche de los Lápices
Production
Aries Cinematográfica Argentina
Production
Argentina
Produced in
Languages
Original title
La Noche de los Lápices
Original language
Spanish
Spoken on screen
Spanish
Release dates
Argentina · September 4, 1986
Theatrical
United States · March 14, 1987
Theatrical · (New York New Directors and New Films Festival)
Canada
September 17, 1987 · Theatrical · (Toronto Film Festival)
Colombia
June 1, 1988 · Theatrical
Italy
November 18, 1988 · Theatrical
Russia
July 1, 1987 · Theatrical · Soviet Union (Moscow Film Festival)
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