| Director: | Álvaro Brechner |
|---|---|
| Production: | Tornasol Films (Mariela Besuievsky), Haddock Films (Vanessa Ragone), Aleph Media (Fernando Sokolowicz), Manny Films (Birgit Kemner), Salado (Mariana Secco) |
| Running Time: | 123’ |
| Language: | Spanish |
| Country: | Spain, Argentina, Uruguay, France |
| Main Cast: | Antonio de la Torre, Chino Darín, Alfonso Tort, Soledad Villamil, Silvia Pérez Cruz, César Troncorso, Mirella Pascual |
| Screenplay: | Alvaro Brechner |
| Cinematographer: | Carlos Catalán |
| Editor: | Irene Blecua, Nacho Ruiz Capillas |
| Production Designer: | Laura Musso, Daniela Calcagno |
| Costume Designer: | Alejandra Rosasco |
| Music: | Federico Jusid, Silvia Pérez Cruz |
| Sound: | Nacho Royo-Villanova, Martín Touron, Eduardo Esquide |
| Notes: | from the novel “Memorias del calabozo” by Mauricio Rosencof and Eleuterio Fernández Huidobro |
Cinema
La noche de 12 años
Orizzonti
Synopsis
1973. Uruguay is governed by a military dictatorship. One autumn night, Tupamaro prisoners are taken from their prison 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.
Director’s Statement
What is left of a man after everything has been stripped away? Unable to communicate, isolated in time, with no stimuli and no tangible place to hold on to, his own senses start to betray him. But deep inside there is something that nobody can take away: his imagination. La Noche de 12 Años is, above all, a descent into the abyss. Based on a true story, it shows how three men were gradually dispossessed of everything that made them individuals over twelve years. They endured a physical and mental process designed to drive them insane with the ultimate goal of destroying any resistance within their deepest selves. They were forced to reinvent themselves from the remainders of their human condition in order to resist one of the most sinister ordeals imaginable.
Producers/Distributors
PRODUCTION 1: Tornasol Films
Calle Veneras, 9, 7º
28013 - Madrid, Spain
tornasol@tornasolfilms.com
Tel. +34 (00) 911 023 024
PRODUCTION 2: Haddock Films
Angel J. Carranza 1932
1414 - Buenos Aires, Argentina
info@haddockfilms.com
Tel. +54 (0) 11 4776 1876
PRODUCTION 3: Aleph Media
A. J. Carranza 2180
1414 - Buenos Aires, Argentina
info@alephcine.com
PRODUCTION 4: Manny Films
48 rue Joseph de Maistre
75018 – Paris, France
Tel. + 33 (0) 6 86 26 54 09
b.kemner@mannyfilms.fr
OTHER COPRODUCTIONS: Mariana Secco, SALADO, Potosi 1678, Montevideo, Uruguay,
Tel: 598 2605 8455, marianasecco@salado.tv
WORLD SALES: Latido Films
C/ Veneras, 9, 3º
28013 – Madrid, Spain
latido@latidofilms.com
Tel. 34915488877
PRESS OFFICE: Elio Seguí - ELLAS COMUNICACIÓN
Madrid, Spain
elio@ellascomunicacion.com
Cell. +34 636 608 541
ITALIAN PRESS OFFICE: Alessandro Russo
Via Giovanni Pierluigi Da Palestrina 47
00193 – Roma, Italy
Cell.. +39 349 3127 219
alerusso@alerusso.it
www.alerusso.it
