THE LONG NIGHT OF FRANCISCO SANCTIS

LA LARGA NOCHE DE FRANCISCO SANCTIS

By Andrea TESTA, Francisco MÁRQUEZ

PENSAR CON LAS MANOS - as PROD

First film - Completed 2016

Sanctis, a family man without any political engagement, receives -during the military dictatorship- the information about two people that are about to be disappeared by the army. That same night he will need to make the most important decision of his life: Will he save their lives risking his own?

Festivals
& Awards

BAFICI (Buenos Aires) 2016
Int'l Official Selection
Festival de Cannes 2016
Un Certain Regard
BAFICI (Buenos Aires) 2016
Competición Internacional
    • Year of production
    • 2016
    • Genres
    • First film, Drama, Social issues
    • Countries
    • ARGENTINA
    • Languages
    • SPANISH
    • Budget
    • 0.3 - 0.6 M$
    • Duration
    • 76 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Andrea TESTA, Francisco MÁRQUEZ
    • Writer(s)
    • Andrea TESTA, Francisco MÁRQUEZ
    • EIDR
    • 10.5240/BE8B-5D32-1A04-B145-4DA4-C
    • Producer(s)
    • Andrea TESTA (PENSAR CON LAS MANOS), Francisco MÁRQUEZ (PENSAR CON LAS MANOS), Luciana PIANTANIDA (PENSAR CON LAS MANOS)
    • Synopsis
    • Buenos Aires 1977, the military dictatorship is governs the country. Francisco Sanctis (45) works as an administrative employee. His life is calm, outside of political events. One afternoon, he receives information that forces him out from its passivity. Elena (45), an old friend of the University, calls him urgently. She needs that Francisco signs an authorization to publish a combative poem which he wrote in those years. In her car, Elena tell him that the poem was an excuse and she gives two names and address to him. The army will find these people and will kidnap them. Francisco begins his long night. Shall he try to save the lives of two unknown at the risk of his own life or he prefers to continue his current life?

      "The long Night of Francisco Sanctis" is structured as an internal journey of a stunned character before a conflict of tragic character. In this, our hero finds himself alone with the final decision.