Captain Pantoja and the Special Services
SpanishPantaleón y las visitadoras
Directed byFrancisco José Lombardi
Screenplay by
  • Giovanna Pollarolo
  • Enrique Moncloa
Based onCaptain Pantoja and the Special Service
by Mario Vargas Llosa
Produced byJosé Enrique Crousillat
Starring
CinematographyTeo Delgado
Edited byDanielle Fillios
Music byBingen Mendizábal
Release dates
  • 1999 (1999) (Peru)
  • 30 June 2000 (2000-06-30) (Spain)
Countries
  • Peru
  • Spain
LanguageSpanish

Captain Pantoja and the Special Services (Spanish: Pantaleón y las visitadoras) is a 1999 Peruvian-Spanish film directed by Francisco J. Lombardi. It is based on the eponymous comic novel by Mario Vargas Llosa. The film was chosen as Peru's official Best Foreign Language Film submission at the 72nd Academy Awards, but did not manage to receive a nomination.[1]

Plot

The plot follows Captain Pantaleón Pantoja, a straightlaced army captain put in charge of creating a brothel for the army, in order to reduce the incidence of rape surrounding army bases and outposts. The first half of the movie focuses on the humor of the situation, as Pantaleon runs the brothel like an efficient branch of the army. The second half is more dramatic as the captain is changed by running the army brothel and focuses on his relationship with the prostitute Olga "the Colombian".

Cast

Production

The film is a Peruvian-Spanish co-production,[3] by América Producciones alongside Inca Films and Tornasol Films, with the participation of Vía Digital.[4]

Release

The film premiered in Peru in late 1999.[5] Its Spanish theatrical release was scheduled for 30 June 2000.[6]

The North-American release features a runtime of 119 minutes.[7]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Record 47 Countries In Oscar Contention" (Press release). Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. 1999-11-22. Retrieved 2008-08-20.
  2. 1 2 3 Vásquez Arana 2009, p. 103.
  3. ↑ Vásquez Arana, Diana Margarita (2009). El cine de Lombardi como estrategia didáctica en la enseñanza de la ética (PDF). Cali: Universidad Autónoma de Occidente. p. 103. ISSN 1692-2832.
  4. ↑ Cockrell, Eddie (12 March 2000). "Captain Pantoja and the Special Service". Variety.
  5. ↑ "Pantaleón, la película". La Nación. 9 September 2000.
  6. ↑ Fernández-Santos, Elsa (20 June 2006). "Lombardi insiste en la obra de Vargas Llosa y lleva al cine 'Pantaleón y las visitadoras'". El País.
  7. ↑ "Captain Pantoja and the Special Services AKA Pantaleón y las visitadoras (2000)". DVD Compare. Retrieved 2010-07-12.
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