Captain Pantoja and the Special Services

Captain Pantoja and the Special Services 1999

7.23

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.

1999

La boca del lobo

La boca del lobo 1988

7.20

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.

1988

Red Ink

Red Ink 2000

6.70

Peru, early 2000s. Alfonso wants to be a writer, but he decides to work first as a journalist. He is assigned to the crime section of a newspaper, a job from which he can know the nasty guts of tabloid publications.

2000

Fallen from Heaven

Fallen from Heaven 1990

6.00

An ambitious black comedy that tells three loosely related stories: a couple of elderly landowners, laid low by economic conditions and reformist politics, are trying to gather enough money to build themselves a marble tomb that would keep their remains in the style to which they still aspire; they give their now blind former housekeeper a pig that proves to be more trouble than it's worth as the effort to fatten it up destroys what little family the woman has; and one of the couple's tenants, who is presenter of a relentlessly optimistic radio self-help show, tries to put his own counsel into effect when he saves a young woman from suicide.

1990

Don't Tell Anyone

Don't Tell Anyone 1998

6.00

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.

1998

Muerte al amanecer

Muerte al amanecer 1977

1

The last hours of a famous criminal named the Monster, who raped and killed a young kid. But some how, despiste all the facts and the proof against him, he seems to be innocent

1977

Sin compasión

Sin compasión 1994

5.40

Ramón, a psychologically unstable university student from Lima, murders his landlords, who constantly demanded the payment of the monthly rent for the hovel in which he lives. From here, remorse and the fear of being arrested will eat you inside.

1994

Black Butterfly

Black Butterfly 2006

5.20

A Peruvian schoolteacher conspires with a journalist to assassinate the official responsible for her fiancé's murder.

2006

Cuentos inmorales

Cuentos inmorales 1978

1.70

Four stories taking place in Lima, Peru in the 70s.

1978

Django: La otra cara

Django: La otra cara 2002

6.90

Based on true events, this crime drama chronicles the wanderings of the thief Orlando González -alias Django- during his brief years of glory. After spending a time in the province, Django returns to Lima with his family, trying to escape the criminal circuit. But the appearance of the woman of a dead partner will unleash Django's ambition, and his libido.

2002

The City and the Dogs

The City and the Dogs 1985

7.80

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.

1985

Carta del apóstol San Juaneco a la ciudad del mal

Carta del apóstol San Juaneco a la ciudad del mal 1992

7.00

In this short, the main character, who calls himself San Juaneco comes across a fugitive from Lima in the outskirts of the city. Convinced that he must rid the man of demons to found the City of Good, he ties the fugitive to a cross.

1992

Maruja en el infierno

Maruja en el infierno 1983

1

In an abandoned glass factory, a woman exploits her workers, all of them mentally ill. A gang of young assailants decides to rob said factory, but in order to achieve that, they must get one of them into the woman's house first. What they do know is that Maruja, the woman's goddaughter also lives there.

1983

Under the Skin

Under the Skin 1996

5.60

Passion, criminal instincts and traditions melt together in this film that shakes our understanding of crime.

1996

El pecador de los 7 mares

El pecador de los 7 mares 1992

1

A drunkard carrying a mysterious suitcase ends up on an abandoned boat. There he encounters a strange character with a scar on his face who submits him to a terrible moral interrogation and discovers his true identity and the sin he kept so carefully.

1992

Muerte de un Magnate

Muerte de un Magnate 1980

1

Fishing businessman Luis Barletto is in trouble with the nationalist government, mysterious vehicles follow him. Meanwhile in Chaclacayo a gardener looks after his country house. His son José is a poor, shy and ugly boy who has lived an existence full of humiliation. On January 1, 1972, Barletto went to rest at his home in Chaclacayo. But he finds José armed with a pistol and a bloody ritual begins.

1980

La misma carne, la misma sangre

La misma carne, la misma sangre 1992

1

In a time of chaos and violence, Hansel and Gretel, two dangerous siamese brothers, escape prison. Hansel is already planning his next murder but Gretel, already sickened, confronts him.

1992