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Summary: A Thoroughly Entertaining Film from Peru
Review: PANTALEON Y LAS VISITADORS (Pantaleon and the "Visitors") is a completely satisfying cinematic conversion of the novel by Mario Vargas Llosa by the excellent Director Francisco Lombardi. The film is so successful in telling the tale of a traveling boat of prostitutes who are engaged by the Peruvian Army to provide 'outlets' for the soldiers quartered in the jungles of the Amazon (and have been abusing the local women) that what first appears to be a hilarious comedy becomes a rather profound statement about one man's ideals and his dedication to authority: the perfect Military Officer.
Captain Panteleon Pantoja (Salvador del Solar) is such an excellent organizer and dedicated officer that he is the one chosen by all of the top military officials to resolve the problem of addressing the sexual needs of the isolated Peruvian soldiers. He organizes, with the help of a brothel owner Chuchupe (Pilar Bardem), a carefully screened cadre of 'ladies of the night or visitadors', has 'uniforms' made, and arranges a military post where the 'Visitadors' are brought in by boat to service the eager soldiers. The project is an enormous success in every way. Pantaleon is obsessed with his project, much to the neglect of his wife Pocha (Monica Sanchez), and is eventually drawn into an indiscretion with one of the Visitadors called La Colombiana (the steamy Angie Cepeda). From there things begin to lose humor, the project is made public by the wily, disgusting radio talk show host El Sinchi (played to the hilt by Aristoteles Picho!), and ultimately comedy turns to tragedy. The real interest of this film is how despite the ultimate failure of the project, our by-the-book Panteleon manages to find a way to bounce back! A satisfying surprise ending to a fine 'message film'. The cinematography is superb, the jungles of the Amazon have not felt so steamy since "The African Queen" jungles, and the acting is intelligent, terse, and informed. There is much to celebrate in this excellent film, not the least of which are the many underlying motives that wear strange costumes but reveal universal truths. In Spanish with English subtitles.
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Summary: Provocative and refreshing!
Review: The beauty and eroticism of the Peruvian Amazon captured in a single movie. Lombardi's work takes Vargas Llosa's novel to a new level in both spice and sensuality.
Rating:
Summary: Provocative and refreshing!
Review: The beauty and eroticism of the Peruvian Amazon captured in a single movie. Lombardi's work takes Vargas Llosa's novel to a new level in both spice and sensuality.
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Summary: GREAT MOVIE
Review: This is a wonderful peruvian movie, with Salvador Del Solar (peruvian) and Angie Cepeda (colombian) starring it, they're 2 highly talented actors...and this movie is based on the Mario Vargas Llosa novel Pantaleón y las Visitadoras.I STRONGLY RECOMMEND YOU TO SEE THIS ONE, YOU WOULD CONSIDER IT AS ONE OF YOUR FAVORITE FOREIGN MOVIES OF ALL TIMES
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Summary: Funny, tragic, uplifting . . . .
Review: You'll never see a movie with this storyline being produced and released by Hollywood. It's probably best suited for liberal-minded adults since it touches on lots of taboo subjects, i.e., prostitution, adultry, and steamy sex. It's what U.S. troops really wanted Bob Hope to deliver when he visited troops overseas.
The other reviewers have given the gist of the storyline, but in a nutshell, it's the story of a dedicated, discipline, career soldier (a Captain) who is ordered by his superiors to set up a brothel to service Peruvian soldiers in the Amazon. The temptation of lust (a certain sexy prostitute) overtakes Captain Pantaleon. He's overcome with conflict between duty to his country, his goal to run the best damn brothel, his love for a prostitute, and fidelity to his wife.
Without a doubt, TWO THUMBS UP!
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