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PANTALE�N Y LAS VISITADORAS
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Peru - Spain
2000 / 35 mm / Color / 137 min.
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CAPTAIN PANTOJA AND THE SPECIAL SERVICE / PANTALE�N ET LES VISITEUSES
Pantale�n Pantoja, a captain in the Peruvian army, is a happily married man and a dutiful soldier. Partly on the basis of his exemplary morality, Pantoja is selected by the army brass to organize a special unit of young women to provide female companionship for the soldiers stationed in remote regions of the Amazon jungle. Capt. Pantoja first treats the assignment with the no-nonsense efficiency for which he is known. Soon, however, the resounding success of the mission is overshadowed by Pantoja's growing obsession with one of the women, the mysterious and seductive La Colombiana. As well, Pantoja becomes the target of blackmail by a corrupt and influential journalist nicknamed El Sinchi. When the public at large begins to hear about the army's new distaff recruits, a full-scale scandal engulfs the hapless captain.
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Script: Francisco J. Lombardi, Giovanna Pollarolo. D'apr�s le roman de/Based on the novel by: Mario Vargas Llosa.
Phot.: Teodoro Delgado.
Ed.: Danielle Fillios.
Mus.: Bingen Mendizabal.
Cast: Salvador del Solar, Angie Cepeda, M�nica Sanchez, Pilar Bardem, Gianfranco Brero, Gustavo Bueno, Carlos Kaniowsky, Sergio Galliani, Tatiana Astengo, Carlos Tuccio, Arist�teles Picho.
Prod.: Jos� Enrique Crousillat, Gustavo Herrero, Am�rica Producciones, S.A., Francisco Paula de Ugarriza 271, San Antonio, Miraflores, Lima (P�rou), t�l.: (51-1) 916 43 16, fax: (51-1) 1241 69 41, e-mail: [email protected] / Tornasol, S.A., C/Gran V�a 86, Edificio Espa�a, Plata 23, Madrid (Espagne).
Sales: Cinevista Inc., 2044 Prairie Avenue, Miami Beach, FL 33139-1515 (�tats-Unis), t�l.: (305) 535-8904, fax: (305) 532-0047, e-mail: [email protected].
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Francisco J. Lombardi
Born in Tacna, Peru in 1949, Francisco J. Lombardi studied cinema at the Santa F� Film School in Argentina and the University of Lima before founding his own production company, Inca Films, in 1974, and launching his directing career with a series of shorts in the late '70s. His feature films include: MUERTE AL AMANECER (1977), a sketch in CUENTOS IMMORALES (1978), MUERTE DE UN MAGNATE (1980), MARUJA EN EL INFIERNO (1983), THE CITY AND THE DOGS (1985), LA BOCA DEL LOBO (1988), FALLEN FROM HEAVEN (1990, which won the Grand Prize of the Americas at the Montreal World Film Festival), WITHOUT PITY (1994), UNDER THE SKIN (1996) and DON'T TELL ANYONE (1998). |
