Captain Pantoja and the Special Services (1999)

Original title

Pantaleón y las visitadoras

Directed by

Francisco Lombardi

Genre

comedy drama

Country

Peru, Spain

Runtime

2h 24m

Rated

R

Rating

7.2 of 10 from 156 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

A dedicated army captain is given an unusual secret assignment to set up a prostitution service for soldiers in the jungle. He throws himself into the task with military precision, leading to absurd and bureaucratic chaos.

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What happens

Captain Pantoja and the Special Services (Spanish: Pantaleón y las visitadoras) is a 1999 comedy-drama film directed by Francisco J. Lombardi from a screenplay written by Giovanna Pollarolo and Enrique Moncloa. 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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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