La Noche de las Lapices (The Night of Pencils) (1986)
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Seven students were arrested in La Plata for advocating changes in bus fares just simply disappear. This is a true story based on the testimony of one of the students who was let go (after four years of imprisonment). The other six student leaders became part of the 236 Argentine adolescents who were kidnapped and later "disappeared" during the military dictatorship. These students were just 6 out of the 236 Argentine young people who disappeared during the military dictatorship
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