La Noche de los Lápices (1986)

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La Noche de los Lápices (1986)
Director: Héctor Olivera
==Plot Summary==
This films tells the true story of seven teenagers who agitated for reduced student bus fares under two different regimes in Argentina, with tragic results. At first succeeding under the government of Isabel Peron, their protests draw hostile attention from the military regime that overthrows Peron. The ensuing crackdown on student social activists is demonstrated when police break up a school dance wielding swords on horseback. Later, six students are kidnapped in the middle of the night, and the police deceitfully claim ignorance about their whereabouts. Pablo (Alejo García Pintos), a seventh member of the group is later arrested and learns that they have been brutally tortured by authorities. He survives to tell their story, but the six are never found, numbering among the hundreds of students who were kidnapped and are still missing.
==Male Deaths==
*Ricardo Alanis
*Pablo Machado
*José María Monje
*Pablo Novak
*Leonardo Sbaraglia
==Female Deaths==
*Vita Escardó
*Adriana Salonia
Category:1986 Films
Category:Argentine Films
Category:Films directed by Héctor Olivera
Category:Drama
Category:Based on a true story
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Category:Films
Category:Films by Aries Cinematográfica Argentina