Night of the Pencils

Sep 4, 1986

1h 45m

★ 7.0

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

Night of the Pencils Trailers

Cast

Pablo

Alejo Garcia Pintos

Claudia

Vita Escardó

Horacio (as Pablo Novarro)

Pablo Novak

Daniel

Leonardo Sbaraglia

Panchito (as José Ma. Monje Berbel)

José María Monje

Claudio

Pablo Machado

María Clara

Adriana Salonia

Rusito

David Gerber

Corchito

Marcelo Serre

Carozo Schunk

Walter Peña

Chirom

Daniel San Joaquín

Diamanti

Demián Celentano

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