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Night of the Pencils

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Night of the Pencils

Sep 4, 1986

1h 45m

★ 7.0

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

Overview

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.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Aries Cinematográfica Argentina

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Cast

Alejo Garcia Pintos

Pablo

Alejo Garcia Pintos

Vita Escardó

Claudia

Vita Escardó

Pablo Novak

Horacio

Pablo Novak

Leonardo Sbaraglia

Daniel

Leonardo Sbaraglia

José María Monje

Panchito

José María Monje

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Claudio

Pablo Machado

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María Clara

Adriana Salonia

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Rusito

David Gerber

Marcelo Serre

Corchito

Marcelo Serre

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Carozo Schunk

Walter Peña

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Chirom

Daniel San Joaquín

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Diamanti

Demián Celentano

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