Night of the Pencils
Movie • 1986 • Drama
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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.
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some girls are raped
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The protagonists are teenagers; so technically, yes. They're tortured and some of them are raped. No small children are harmed or abused on screen.
It is implied that the child of one of the girls was taken from her by the military, since they're never seen on screen after childbirth.
It is implied that the child of one of the girls was taken from her by the military, since they're never seen on screen after childbirth.
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A girl repeatedly hits her head on a wall and says she wants to die.
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Most of the students who died were teenagers.
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The parents of the students are searching for them, but the authorities repeatedly lie to them and give them no information about their children.
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A girl gives birth off screen, but she is shown in pain from contractions.
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Does the abused become the abuser?
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Black cartoon caricatures are shown in a segment of the film. They're treated as being acceptable/funny.
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Are there anxiety attacks?
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meer889
No; but many of the students were anxious throughout the film due to being tortured and held captive.
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Does it have a sad ending?
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Only one of the students is fred. The rest are still missing.
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Does someone have an eating disorder?
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No eating disorders, but the students are given very little food while captive. They're all very thin due to starvation.
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Two of the girls were pregnant. One of them gave birth. We don't know if the other one gave birth before she died, or if she was killed while pregnant. In any case, it is implied both of them died.
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One of the girls who died had given birth. She was not allowed to keep her child.
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Is there a claustrophobic scene?
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the main characters are held in captivity
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A jewish man held in captivity is told slurs, held at gunpoint, and forced to say antisemitic things.
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