A Twelve-Year Night

A Twelve-Year Night
A Twelve-Year Night
	Film poster
Directed by	Álvaro Brechner
Written by	Álvaro Brechner
Produced by	Mariela Besuievsky; Philippe Gompel; Birgit Kemner; Vanessa Ragone; Fernando Sokolowicz;
Starring	Antonio de la Torre; Chino Darín; Alfonso Tort; César Troncoso; Soledad Villamil; Mirella Pascual;
Cinematography	Carlos Catalán
Edited by	Irene Blecua; Nacho Ruiz Capillas
Music by	Federico Jusid
Production; companies	Alcaravan; Haddock Films; Hernández y Fernández Producciones Cinematograficas; Manny Films; Movistar+; Salado Media; Tornasol Films; Zweites Deustches Fernsehen; Arte France Cinema;
Distributed by	Life Films (Uruguay); Saldavia Cinema (Spain)
Release dates	1 September 2018 (Venice); 20 September 2018 (Uruguay);
Running time	122 minutes
Countries	Uruguay; Spain; Argentina; France; Germany;
Language	Spanish
Box office	$347,908

A Twelve-Year Night (Spanish: La noche de 12 años) is a 2018 drama film directed by Álvaro Brechner.^[3] It premiered in Official Selection at the 75th Venice International Film Festival, and it was selected as the Uruguayan entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 91st Academy Awards, but it was not nominated.^[4]^[5] The film won the Golden Pyramid Award at the 40th Cairo International Film Festival. It is a co-production between Uruguay, Spain, Argentina, France and Germany.

The film follows the twelve-year incarceration of members of the Tupamaros, a far-left urban guerrilla group active in the 1960s and 1970s, nine of whom were held as "hostages" between 1972 and 1985. It dramatises the experiences of José Mujica, Mauricio Rosencof and Eleuterio Fernández Huidobro. Mujica later became the 40th president of Uruguay from 2010 to 2015.

^ "A Twelve-Year Night". Box Office Mojo. IMDb. Retrieved 30 November 2018.
^ "A Twelve-Year Night". The Numbers. Retrieved 30 November 2018.
^ "Alvaro Brechner on A Twelve-Year Night, Exploring the Human Condition". Variety. September 2018. Retrieved 25 September 2018.
^ "La noche de 12 años: lo más visto del fin de semana y seleccionada por Uruguay para el Oscar". El Observador. 25 September 2018. Retrieved 25 September 2018.
^ Mango, Agustin (27 September 2018). "Oscars: Uruguay Selects A Twelve-Year Night for Foreign-Language Category". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 27 September 2018.

[BOM-1] "A Twelve-Year Night". Box Office Mojo. IMDb. Retrieved 30 November 2018.

[NUM-2] "A Twelve-Year Night". The Numbers. Retrieved 30 November 2018.

[3] "Alvaro Brechner on A Twelve-Year Night, Exploring the Human Condition". Variety. September 2018. Retrieved 25 September 2018.

[Uruguay-4] "La noche de 12 años: lo más visto del fin de semana y seleccionada por Uruguay para el Oscar". El Observador. 25 September 2018. Retrieved 25 September 2018.

[Uruguay2-5] Mango, Agustin (27 September 2018). "Oscars: Uruguay Selects A Twelve-Year Night for Foreign-Language Category". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 27 September 2018.

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