The Night of the Pencils was a series of kidnappings and forced disappearances, followed by the torture, rape, and murder of a number of young students during the last Argentine dictatorship (known as the National Reorganization Process). The kidnappings took place over the course of several days beginning on September 16, 1976.

It tells the story of three friends - two filmmakers and a producer - who embark on the filming of a film during the time of the Argentine military process and expose the operation of censorship, powerful instrument of the time, about the project. The protagonists must choose between allowing military impositions or self-censorship.