---
title: 'Captain Pantoja and the Special Services (1999)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Francisco Lombardi'
released: '1999-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 144
genres:
  - 'Comedy'
countries:
  - 'Peru'
  - 'Spain'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/captain-pantoja-and-the-special-services-1999'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0190611/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Captain Pantoja and the Special Services (1999)

1999 · 144 min · Comedy · Peru, Spain

Original title: Pantaleón y las visitadoras

## Synopsis

Captain Pantoja and the Special Services 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.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Francisco Lombardi](https://cinepixo.com/people/francisco-lombardi)
- **Screenplay:** [Mario Vargas Llosa](https://cinepixo.com/people/mario-vargas-llosa), [Giovanna Pollarolo](https://cinepixo.com/people/giovanna-pollarolo), [Enrique Moncloa](https://cinepixo.com/people/enrique-moncloa)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Bingen Mendizábal](https://cinepixo.com/people/bingen-mendizabal)
- **Producer:** [José Enrique Crousillat](https://cinepixo.com/people/jose-enrique-crousillat)

## Cast

- [Angie Cepeda](https://cinepixo.com/people/angie-cepeda)
- [Mónica Sánchez](https://cinepixo.com/people/monica-sanchez)
- [Salvador del Solar](https://cinepixo.com/people/salvador-del-solar)
- [Aristóteles Picho](https://cinepixo.com/people/aristoteles-picho)
- [Pilar Bardem](https://cinepixo.com/people/pilar-bardem)
- [Gianfranco Brero](https://cinepixo.com/people/gianfranco-brero)

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