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A Twelve-Year Night (La noche de 12 años) [Sub: Eng]
1973. Uruguay is governed by a military dictatorship. One autumn night, three Tupamaro prisoners are taken from their jail cells in a secret military operation. The order is precise: 'As we can't kill them, let's drive them mad.' The three men will remain in solitary confinement for twelve years. Among them is Pepe Mujica - later to become president of Uruguay.
9 October 1961, Buenos Aires, Argentina
19 June 1969, La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina
February 15, 1983 in Palafrugell, Girona, Catalonia, Spain
1968 in Buenos Aires, Argentina
October 01, 2018
The performances are very credible. [Full Review in Spanish]
September 27, 2018
Suspense is not a dramatic alternative that [director Álvaro] Brechner manages. [Full review in Spanish]
December 27, 2018
A Twelve-Year Night serves its clearest purpose by illustrating how democracy and changes in policy slowly trickle down to effect everyone.
November 26, 2018
Álvaro Brechner has reconstructed with remarkable rigor the story of these three characters who survived. [Full review in Spanish]
January 06, 2019
If you're up to seeing such a stark political film, this one has the look of authenticity.
November 26, 2018
Renouncing a discourse on the ideological, Brechner opts for the universality of the sensory experience of those who, deprived even of the word, maintained a pulse with madness. [Full Review in Spanish]
November 27, 2018
The beginning will undoubtedly be among the best shots of the year. [Full review in Spanish]
September 27, 2018
A painful film, at times cruel, but very well done. [Full review in Spanish]
December 27, 2018
Sometimes a human simply withstands what it's subjected to, and that's enough to rivet us.

