Home
Night of the Pencils main backdrop
Night of the Pencils main poster

Night of the Pencils

Visit website

7.1/10 • 68

1986-09-04 • 1h 45m

Drama

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

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.

Directors
Héctor Olivera
Editors
Miguel López

Top Billed Cast

View Credits
  1. Alejo Garcia Pintos

    Alejo Garcia Pintos

    Pablo

  2. Vita Escardó

    Vita Escardó

    Claudia

  3. Pablo Novak

    Pablo Novak

    Horacio

  4. Leonardo Sbaraglia

    Leonardo Sbaraglia

    Daniel

  5. José María Monje

    José María Monje

    Panchito

  6. Pablo Machado

    Pablo Machado

    Claudio

  7. Adriana Salonia

    Adriana Salonia

    María Clara

  8. David Gerber

    David Gerber

    Rusito

  9. Marcelo Serre

    Marcelo Serre

    Corchito

Reviews0

We don't have any reviews for Night of the Pencils.

Media

    Recommendations

    • The Funhouse main backdrop

      The Funhouse

      5.9

    • Pihu main backdrop

      Pihu

      7.6

    • Exhibit A main backdrop

      Exhibit A

      5.6

    • El asadito main backdrop

      El asadito

      6.8

    • No Backdrop

      Fixers

      7.0

    • Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer main backdrop

      Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer

      6.7

    • The Mafia Kills Only in Summer main backdrop

      The Mafia Kills Only in Summer

      7.3

    • Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer main backdrop

      Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer

      5.6

    • Pixels main backdrop

      Pixels

      5.8

    • Grave of the Fireflies main backdrop

      Grave of the Fireflies

      8.4

    • Marriage Story main backdrop

      Marriage Story

      7.7

    • Princess Mononoke main backdrop

      Princess Mononoke

      8.3

    • Lady Bird main backdrop

      Lady Bird

      7.3

    • Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri main backdrop

      Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

      8.1

    • The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring main backdrop

      The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

      8.4

    • Pulp Fiction main backdrop

      Pulp Fiction

      8.5

    • 2001: A Space Odyssey main backdrop

      2001: A Space Odyssey

      8.1

    • Iron Man main backdrop

      Iron Man

      7.7

    • Shutter Island main backdrop

      Shutter Island

      8.2

    • Interstellar main backdrop

      Interstellar

      8.5

    Status
    Released
    Original Language
    Spanish
    Budget
    --
    Revenue
    --
    Keywords
    assassinationkidnappingdictatorshipbased on true storytorturecine argentino