---
title: 'The City and the Dogs (1985)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Francisco Lombardi'
released: '1985-06-18'
runtime_minutes: 135
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'Peru'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-city-and-the-dogs-1985'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0085345/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The City and the Dogs (1985)

1985 · 135 min · Drama · Peru

Original title: La ciudad y los perros

## Synopsis

The City and the Dogs is a 1985 Peruvian drama film directed by Francisco José Lombardi. It is based on The Time of the Hero, a 1963 novel by Nobel Prize laureate Mario Vargas Llosa, which tells the story of a group of young military cadets at the Leoncio Prado Military Academy in Lima.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Francisco Lombardi](https://cinepixo.com/people/francisco-lombardi)
- **Producer:** [Francisco Lombardi](https://cinepixo.com/people/francisco-lombardi)
- **Screenplay:** [Mario Vargas Llosa](https://cinepixo.com/people/mario-vargas-llosa), [José Watanabe](https://cinepixo.com/people/jose-watanabe)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Enrique Iturriaga](https://cinepixo.com/people/enrique-iturriaga)
- **Director of Photography:** [Pili Flores Guerra](https://cinepixo.com/people/pili-flores-guerra)
- **Editor:** [Augusto Tamayo San Román](https://cinepixo.com/people/augusto-tamayo-san-roman), [Gianfranco Annichini](https://cinepixo.com/people/gianfranco-annichini)

## Cast

- [Gustavo Bueno](https://cinepixo.com/people/gustavo-bueno)
- [Alberto Ísola](https://cinepixo.com/people/alberto-isola)
- [Juan Manuel Ochoa](https://cinepixo.com/people/juan-manuel-ochoa)
- [Miguel Iza](https://cinepixo.com/people/miguel-iza)
- [Aristóteles Picho](https://cinepixo.com/people/aristoteles-picho)

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