The Long Night of Francisco Sanctis
La larga noche de Francisco Sanctis
Production details
Direction: Francisco Márquez & Andrea Testa
Country: Argentina
Year: 2016
Duration: 78'
Language: Spanish
Subtitles: English
Zita Folkets Bio
Birger Jarlsgatan 37
111 45 Stockholm
(T) Östermalmstorg
Zita Folkets Bio is the oldest autonomous cinema in Stockholm. The cinema’s task is to show quality films for both adults and children that do not usually appear on the bigger cinemas.
About the film
Buenos Aires, 1977. The military dictatorship governs the country. Office clerk Francisco Sanctis leads a quiet life with his wife and two children. His routine is upset one afternoon when an old friend he hasn’t seen for 20 years calls unexpectedly to warn him about the kidnapping of two people by the army.
Nominated for Best Feature Film 2017.