Night of the Pencils

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

7.0

September 4, 1986

1h 45m

Drama

"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.