La noche de los lápices (1986)

Director:

Héctor Olivera

Writers:

Daniel Kon (screenplay) and
Héctor Olivera (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:

4 September 1986 (Argentina)

Genre:

Drama

Plot Keywords:

Dictatorship | School | Nudity | Military | Bare Chested Male

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Alejo García Pintos	...	Pablo
Vita Escardó	...	Claudia
Pablo Novak	...	Horacio (as Pablo Novarro)
Leonardo Sbaraglia	...	Daniel
José María Monje	...	Panchito (as José Ma. Monje Berbel)
Pablo Machado	...	Claudio
Adriana Salonia	...	María Clara
David Gerber	...	Rusito
Marcelo Serre	...	Corchito
Walter Peña	...	Carozo Schunk
Daniel San Joaquín	...	Chirom
Demián Celentano	...	Diamanti
Mariana Cedon	...	Luisa Pisani (as Mariana Cedrón)
Diego Korol	...	Crivelli
Gustavo Tieffenberg	...	Delegado asamblea 1 (as Gustavo Tiffemberg)
María Celina Bedini	...	Delegado asamblea 2
Carlos Lazzarini	...	Delegado asamblea 3
Cecilia Liébana	...	Delegado asamblea 4
Ana Celentano	...	Delegado asamblea 5
Gabriel Meyer	...	Delegado asamblea 6
Jorge Mastropietro	...	Delegado asamblea 7
Matías Ruiz	...	Estudiante primer año 1
Matías Coleff	...	Estudiante primer año 2
Tina Serrano	...	Nelva de Falcone
Héctor Bidonde	...	Doctor Falcone
Esteban Student	...	Jorge Falcone
Angela Ragno	...	Olga de Ungaro
Maruja Pibernat	...	Tía Rosa
Mario Rolla	...	Benito Díaz
Pochi Ducasse	...	Hedda de Díaz
Guillermina Selay	...	Marisa Díaz
Alejandro Galluccio	...	Daniel Díaz
Juan Manuel Tenuta	...	Rector 'La Legión'
Maria Visconti	...	Profesora 'Bellas Artes'
Felisa Rocha	...	Profesora de inglés
Héctor Ezcurra	...	Rector Colegio Nacional
Hebe Vardino	...	Profesora Colegio Normal
Enrique Riestra	...	Policía de civil 1
Antonio Lorenzo	...	Policía de civil 2
Juan Palomino	...	Policía uniformado 1
Fredy Magliaro	...	Policía uniformado 2
Luis Minces	...	Judío
Guillermo Sosa	...	Católico
Ricardo Alanis	...	Montonero (as Ricardo Alaniz)
Alejandra Sirlin	...	Muchacha
Octavio Gaspar	...	Muchacho
Carlos Weber	...	Lobo
Miguel Habud	...	Kung-Fu (as Miguel Ángel Habud)
Alberto Busaid	...	Gordo
Alfonso De Grazia	...	Falso cura
Néstor Jorge	...	Rubio
Ricardo Ibarlin	...	Chofer
María Nydia Ursi	...	Eugenia (as María Nidia Ursi)
Andrea Bonelli	...	Moni
Manuel Callau	...	Osvaldo
Martín Coria	...	El Negro
Miguel Ángel Porro	...	Cárdenas
Lorenzo Quinteros	...	Raúl
José Andrada	...	Guardia
Felipe Méndez	...	Médico
Miguel Dedovich	...	Teniente Coronel
Ricardo Fasan	...	Oficial comisaría
Humberto Serrano	...	Supuesto capitán
Francisco Cocuzza	...	Comisario jefatura (as Franco Cocuzza)
Juan Carlos Gianuzzi	...	Capitán regimiento
José María López	...	Secretario del obispo
Daniel Cargieman	...	Cura arzobispado (as Daniel Kargieman)
Isabel Quinteros	...	Mujer humilde
Rúbens Correa	...	Doctor Rossi
Pablo Moretti	...	Funcionario en TV
Marcelo Demarchi	...	Periodista TV 1
Roxana Bignasco	...	Periodista TV 2
Lucio Rubinacci	...	Locutor TV 1
Adolfo Vázquez Gamboa	...	Locutor TV 2

Directed by
Héctor Olivera

Writing credits
Daniel Kon		(screenplay) and
Héctor Olivera		(screenplay)
María Seoane		(essay) and
Héctor Ruiz Núñez		(essay)

Produced by
Fernando Ayala	....	producer
Alejandro Sessa	....	associate producer

Original Music by
José Luis Castiñeira de Dios

Cinematography by
Leonardo Rodríguez Solís		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Miguel López		(as Miguel Mario López)

Production Design by
María Julia Bertotto

Costume Design by
María Julia Bertotto

Makeup Department
María Laura López	....	makeup artist
Roley	....	hair stylist

Production Management
Carlos Latreyte	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Gabriel Arbós	....	first assistant director
Alejandro Galluccio	....	trainee assistant director
Carlos Gil	....	second assistant director
Lizzie Otero	....	assistant director

Art Department
Lizzie Cuello	....	assistant production designer
Francisco Mascareño	....	construction coordinator

Sound Department
Norberto Castronuovo	....	sound
Modesto Diminutto	....	sound assistant

Camera and Electrical Department
Miguel Amengual	....	gaffer
Oscar González	....	first assistant camera
Gustavo Labarda	....	trainee still photographer
Walter Lobótrico	....	second assistant camera
Marcelo Pais	....	camera operator
Graciela Portela	....	still photographer

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Ruth Fischerman	....	trainee costume assistant
Silvina Irigoyen	....	costume assistant

Editorial Department
Margarita Brondolo	....	negative cutter
Edmundo López	....	assistant editor

Other crew
Bucky Butkovic	....	press attache
Horacio Ciancia	....	production assistant
Abelardo Constenla	....	production assistant
Pablo Díaz	....	testimonial advisor
Eugenia Levin	....	coach: teenage actors
Jorge Paracca	....	studio manager
Juan Carlos Villar	....	titles

Thanks
Beba	....	dedicatee

Production Companies

• Aries Cinematográfica Argentina

Distributors

• Aries Cinematográfica Argentina (1986) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• Marquis Pictures (1987) (USA) (theatrical) (subtitled)

Other Companies

• Estudios Baires  filming studio (as Estudios Baires Films)
• Syncroson  sound facilities
• Sindicato de la Industria Cinematográfica Argentina (SICA)  staff affiliated to (as S.I.C.A.)

Also Known As:

Night of the Pencils (USA)
Die Nacht der tausend Schreie (West Germany) [de]
La notte delle matite spezzate (Italy) [it]

Runtime:

105 min | Italy:90 min

Country:

Argentina

Language:

Spanish | English

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Argentina:16 | West Germany:16

Filming Locations:

Buenos Aires, Federal District, Argentina

Company:

Aries Cinematográfica Argentina

a true that hurts

I have wanted to watch this movie for like three years, but my parents wouldn't let me because i was too little. Today i took courage, i sat down at my couch and i watched it, all by myself. Although i already knew the history of "La noche De los lapices" I must say, it really touched me in many ways. I'm 15 now, and until today I wouldn't realize the importance of a bus ticket, i really wouldn't because i would think that that couldn't have history. But now i understood that since the most big thing until the most little thing in the world are here for a reason. I don't know if you people will understand my point here because i actually find it very confusing to explain here. The thing is, these kids were around my age now. And until today i would not think thsat some kid could chamge the world, not the way they did. I personally know Pablo Diaz (the one who survive) because he is a friend of my mom, and i think this film impressed me this way because i actually knew one of them. I also want to say that this movie doesn't show all the facts, because there wasn't only one surviver, there were four of them. And i don't know why this film doesn't show them, because they are part of our history and they changed the country too. And to MaryChase, you can't say that a group of kids could be terrorists just by showing their ideas, that in fact, is what we do in a daily basis, and no one would kidnap us and torture us and KILL us now. SO YOU SHOULD THINK ABOUT IT. I'm sorry if my English is bad, i hadn't practice in a long time.