Argentine Film Festival: The Long Night of Francisco Sanctis

The Bioscope and The Embassy of Argentina in South Africa, proudly present this special selection of contemporary Argentinian Cinema.

All screenings are made FREE of charge courtesy of the Embassy. 

The Long Night of Francisco Sanctis (2016)

Directed by: Andrea Testa, Francisco Marquez

Drama

78min

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 Elena, an old friend he hasn’t seen for 20 years, calls unexpectedly and tells him she wants to see him.  When they meet, Elena gives him an address and the names of two people who are about to be kidnapped by the army. It’s up to Francisco to warn them. Now Francisco has to decide if try to save the lives of two people he doesn’t even know and risk his own.