Captain Pantoja and the Special Services (film)

This article is about the 2000 film. For the 1973 comic novel it is based on, see Captain Pantoja and the Special Service.
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
  • October 1999 (1999-10) (Peru)
  • 30 June 2000 (2000-06-30) (Spain)
Running time
137 minutes
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]

  1. ^ "Record 47 Countries In Oscar Contention" (Press release). Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. 1999-11-22. Retrieved 2008-08-20.