Francisco J. Lombardi — Director (11)

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Heart of the Wolf (2025)
El corazón del lobo TMDB
other title: El corazón del lobo
Inspired by actual events, the film follows Aquiles, an Amazonian boy abducted by the terrorist group Shining Path. Through his testimony, we witness his journey from victim to fighter and his desperate attempt to escape. A raw and intimate look at indoctrination, violence, and survival, the film reconstructs his struggle for identity and freedom.

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A Naked Body (2008)
Un cuerpo desnudo WikiData IMDb TMDB
other title: Un cuerpo desnudo
The Capitan Burdeles invites three longtime friends, Coraza, Doctore and El Negro, to the meeting for drinks and card games that are usually held on Saturdays. While they wait for him, they receive a call from El Negro who has had a fight in a hostel with his ex-partner, Mariana. The friends go to the place and manage to transfer Mariana, who has lost consciousness, to the meeting place. They play games and make drinks while they wait for him to recover. But this does not happen and they will soon find themselves in the alternative of having to get rid of a body that has become apparent evidence of a crime. During the long night the ghosts of sexism, frustration and imposture so characteristic in certain social sectors of our culture will appear.

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失落自天堂 (1990)
Caídos del Cielo Douban
other title: Caídos del Cielo
One of the 5 best Latin American Films of this decade, a powerful story about life, death and find or lose a reason to live, a style of filmmaking at that time original, until Quentin Tarantino impact the world with the golden palm winner "Pulp Fiction", 4 stories that are link each other with powerful and convincing performances, without an exaggerated script, this social drama international award winning, it's a "must see" movie, that convinces the audience with the great direction of Francisco Lombardi. Really Great and a reason to still love the new cinema. These three stories, which meet at a certain point, and whose protagonists unwittingly influence the lives of their families, comprise a surrealist reflection of the cruel realities of Peruvian everyday life. An old married couple launch into the risky business of building their own mausoleum. When they discover that their former housemaid has gone blind, they give her a pig, never dreaming what the tragic consequences will be. A popular radio announcer falls in love with a girl with suicidal tendencies. This film won Francisco J. Lombardi the nickname Bunuel's nephew and saw him labeled the heir to the tradition of black humor in the comedies of Berlanga and Ferreri. In each of the three tragic stories in this film, set in Lima, Peru, the people in them are as haphazardly related to their lives and the world around them as if they had Fallen From The Sky. In the first, an elderly couple is so determined to have a magnificent burial that they sell or hock everything they own for a grand mauseleum to be built. Meanwhile, they have nothing left to live on, and they are taken to an old folk's home. In the second, the result of the gift of a piglet to a woman living in a shanty is that she devotes all of her time and energy to fattening the pig, and fails to note that her children are sick and starving. In the third, a defomed man who earns his living by announcing on the radio saves a girl from committing suicide, and though the two develop a relationship eventually, it does not turn out well.

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Red Ink (2000)
Tinta roja Douban
other title: 红墨水 / Tinta roja …
A man studying to be a writer learns some unpleasant lessons about himself in this drama. Alfonso (Giovanni Ciccia) is an aspiring novelist who, as part of his scholarship to a writing program, must take an internship at a tabloid newspaper alongside his girlfriend Nadia (Lucia Jimenez). While Nadia is given a simple office assignment, Alfonso is made an assistant to one of the paper's top writers, Faundez (Gianfranco Brero), which turns out to be a demanding job. With his driver Van Gogh (Carlos Gassols) and his photographer Escalona (Fele Martinez), Faundez heads out each day to collect stories through intimidation and emotional manipulation, and he has no qualms about using sources for his own purposes or passing along stories to his less-industrious significant other, Roxanna (Ynonne Frayssinet). While Alfonso is appalled by Faundez's shaky ethics and cavalier attitude toward women, it also begins to sink in, and when circumstances force Alfonso to take over for Faundez for a while, he's surprised to discover how much he's come to resemble the man he despises. Tinta Roja was based on the novel by Alberto Fuguet.

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Don't Tell Anyone (1998)
No se lo digas a nadie Douban
other title: 无尽的沉沦 / No se lo digas a nadie …
讲一个秘鲁男人在他那不宽容的国度里寻找自己真性的故事. 胡根,终其一生都喜欢男人,但他的父亲是个种族主义者,并希望儿子象他一样,充满阳刚之气;他的母亲是基督徒,从小就给他灌输原罪的观念,这些都给他为自己的性取向深感罪恶,在胡根与贡萨罗发生了一段充满激情的事之后,他不得不面对自己的同性恋倾向;在秘鲁那样一个传统势力强大的国度里,种种压力使胡根迷惘困惑'堕落,但最终,他还是努力去面对生活,寻找自我及本性.

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Captain Pantoja and the Special Services (2000)
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弗朗西斯科·J·隆巴蒂 actor: 萨尔瓦多·德·索拉 / 安吉·塞佩达 …
other title: 庞达隆上尉与劳军女郎 / Pantaleón y las visitadoras …
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.

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What the Eye Doesn't See (2003)
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other title: 眼之不所见 / Ojos que no ven
2000年9月,在秘鲁,一家电视台发布了关于情报局头头兼藤森总统的顾问布拉迪米罗·蒙特西诺斯从反对派议员买“服务”的录像。就此揭露出法官、检察官、军官、企业家、政客、电视和报纸业主的腐败的滔天罪行。录像是蒙特西诺斯为了保全政府权力,用隐藏摄像机拍摄下的他们之间“经济交易”的情景。这个录像的第一次公开引起了舆论哗然,导致政权不稳,揭露出一条前所未见的大规模腐败网络。这部电影并不是一部政治片,只不过是电影描述的这段历史是关于政治的,影片中的人物是于周围发生的事情有联系的。不是关于蒙特西诺斯或者藤森的电影,而且人们以这样或那样的视角看周围发生的事情的反应。

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The City and the Dogs (1985)
La ciudad y los perros Douban
Francisco J. Lombardi actor: Gustavo Bueno / Pablo Serra …
other title: 城市和狗 / La ciudad y los perros …
利马的一所军事学院,绰号“美洲豹”、“大棒”和“毒蛇”的三个初级班成员经常嘲讽欺辱班上的其他同学,胆小的“奴隶”也是他们强行拉入的“盟友”。为了在一次考试中过关,“美洲豹”等人偷取了考卷,不料却被为人严厉的教官康保亚中尉察觉,“奴隶”在他的追问下说出了实情。“美洲豹”对这种“背叛”不能容忍,他发誓要使“奴隶”受到惩罚。不久,在一次军事演习中,“美洲豹”从背后向“奴隶”开枪,将其打死,但“奴隶”惟一... 这部反映50年代秘鲁社会现实的影片由秘鲁当代电影界最有名望的导演弗朗西斯科·隆巴迪执导,以军事院校发生的事件为背景揭露了军队中虚伪矛盾的关系,以及压抑残酷的社会现实。在忠实于原著的基础上,隆巴迪充分运用了各种电影表现手法使原著的主题得到了突出的展现。“诗人”和康保亚中尉内心的矛盾和斗争占据了影片的较大篇幅,并展现了他们对学校口号“纪律、荣誉、为国效忠”的由坚信到怀疑和失望的过程。电影简练而富节奏感...