Year: 2000
Duration: 01:59:22
Directed by: Francisco J. Lombardi
Actors: Salvador del Solar, Angie Cepeda, Mónica Sánchez, Pilar Bardem
Language: Spanish (English subs)
Country: Peru | Spain
Also known as: Pantaleón y las visitadoras, A Pantaleón és a hölgyvendégek, Pantaleon e le visitatrici, Pantaleon i wizytantki
Description: This film, I had a chance to see a very long time, it was late in the evening. To tell you the truth, I expected a light frivolous Latin American film. Yes, and quite funny name of the picture is not sets spectators to view the serious drama.
However, «Captain Pantoja and the Special Services», is an open satire on the army, the bureaucracy and society in General. So lovers erotica there is clearly nothing shines.
A few words about the story. Captain Pantoja instructed important task is to form the company of women of easy virtue to meet «certain» needs force garrisons of the Amazon. And the sheep have and wolves intact (in that order). Completely devoid of tricks unspoiled Captain Panteleimon hard is taken over the case. He develops a plan, struggling with shyness, schedules, conducts castings, establishes the norms of «favors» for each girl etc. As rightly said one of the characters: «If every soldier treated so to the service as Pantoja, our country would prosper!». However, everything is turned upside down when in this quaint legal brothel appears gorgeous girl Olga. Despite the abundance of funny moments, hot Latin American women, curious situations, here is clearly going very sad motives. Because today prostitution remains one of the most urgent social problems not only in the underdeveloped countries.
The denouement of the tangle of passions for me personally, was quite unexpected. But plausible. All the characters have their exceptional character traits, and only soldiers build in a number seem to be the same person. Probably every viewer to decide who is more corrupt in this situation: thirsty easy money journalist Sinci or Rota so-called good offices?
Definitely recommend to all fans of Spanish and just a good movie.
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This is a piece of very serious but yet light hearted cinema from Peru. Even if you’re not an international film buff it is worth seeing just to oggle the truly beautiful Angie Cepeda in various states of undress. In her native Peru she’s a supermodel / sex-symbol. I can see why.