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Night of the Pencils

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

1986 1 hour 45 minutes
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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.

Released

4th September 1986

38 years ago

Runtime

1 hour 45 minutes

Finishes at 1:59pm

Ratings and awards

1 nomination

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    7.3/10

  • TMDb Logo

    70%

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    70%

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    71%

Directed by

Héctor Olivera

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Written by

Héctor Olivera, Daniel Kon

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