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Night of the Pencils (1986)

Name: Night of the Pencils
Director: Héctor Olivera
Genre: Drama
Released: 1986-09-04
Duration: 105 min
Rating: 7
Cast: Alejo Garcia Pintos, Vita Escardó, Pablo Novak, Leonardo Sbaraglia, José María Monje

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

105 min · Argentina · Dir. Héctor Olivera

Drama 1986 movies

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.