Directing
Francisco J. Lombardi
Born August 3, 1947 · Tacna, Peru (age 79)
Francisco J. Lombardi is one of the most renowned filmmakers in Latin America. Throughout his career, he has directed 17 feature films, and his work has been the subject of retrospectives and tributes at major festivals such as Fribourg, Mar del Plata, Guadalajara, Havana, Huesca, Viña del Mar, and Trieste. Lombardi has received numerous international awards, including two Silver Shells for Best D…
Known For
Black Butterfly · 2006Black Butterfly
★ 5.42006
MovieDrama
A Peruvian schoolteacher conspires with a journalist to assassinate the official responsible for her fiancé's murder.
The City and the Dogs · 1985The City and the Dogs
★ 7.91985
MovieDrama
Four angry cadets have formed an inner circle in an attempt to beat the system and ward off the boredom and stifling confinement of the military academy, set off a chain of events that starts with a theft and leads to murder.
Captain Pantoja and the Special Services · 1999Captain Pantoja and the Special Services
★ 7.21999
MovieComedyDrama
The Peruvian army captain Pantaleon Pantoja, a very serious and efficient officer, is chosen by his superiors to set up a special service of 'visitors' to satisfy the sexual needs of the soldiers posted on remote jungle outposts.
Callejón Oscuro · 1983Callejón Oscuro
1983
MovieDramaCrime
A violent blind man wanders through the center of Lima, upon entering a restaurant he causes an incident with the public and the employees.
The Mouth of the Wolf · 1988The Mouth of the Wolf
★ 7.31988
MovieDramaAction
The military anti-terrorist army takes control of "Chuspi", an unknown and faraway small village, isolated by the terrorist group "Sendero Luminoso" (Shining Path). A soldier called Vitin Luna, and other young soldiers face an invisible, perhaps superior force. Their unit is commanded by a brutal lieutenant who declares the entire village guilty of treason. In the face of this crisis, Vitin must choose between blind obedience and his own conscience.
Cuentos inmorales · 1978Cuentos inmorales
★ 3.71978
MovieComedyDrama
Four stories taking place in Lima, Peru in the 70s.
Don't Tell Anyone · 1998Don't Tell Anyone
★ 6.01998
MovieComedyDrama
Based on the alleged autobiography of gay peruvian talk show host Jaime Bailey. Joaquin, a young man from the high class of Lima, deals with problems concerning his sexual identity as a child, then as a teenager pressured by his macho snobbish father, then as an independent lazy pot-smoking college student, and later as a cocaine addict in Lima and Miami.
Ella · 2010Ella
★ 3.52010
Movie
Ella – well she has a name too – Luna (Patricia Garza), is actually about her much older husband and painter Alfredo (Paul Vega), and his choice of actions/reactions after she decides to leave him for a lover that he wasn’t aware of. Alberto has been going through a creative crisis and is under pressure to complete a series of paintings for a forthcoming show. It is nevertheless also plain to see that he’d been treating Luna, who’s also his model, largely as an object of desire and obsession – capturing with camera her every movement in the house when she’s not posing for him, and memorising her every physical feature, moles and warts included – he’d apparently counted twenty seven moles on her body. When Alfredo tracks down and entraps the lover she’d wanted to elope with (Rómulo Assereto), he’ll discover that they both have more in common than merely desiring the same woman…
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