Francisco José Lombardi (born 3 August 1949) is a Peruvian

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, producer and

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. He has directed 17 films since 1977. He received the

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in 1985 for his film '' The City and the Dogs'' based on the novel ''La ciudad y los perros'' by

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. His film ''

Without Compassion ''Without Compassion'' () is a 1994 Peruvian drama film directed by Francisco José Lombardi, and based on the 1866 novel ''Crime and Punishment'' by Fyodor Dostoyevsky. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1994 Cannes Film Fe ...

'' was screened in the

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section at the

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Filmography

* '' Maruja in Hell'' (1983) * '' The City and the Dogs'' (1985) * '' The Mouth of the Wolf'' (1988) * ''

Fallen from Heaven ''Fallen from Heaven'' () is a 1990 Peruvian drama film directed by Francisco José Lombardi. The film was selected as the Peruvian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 63rd Academy Awards The 63rd Academy Awards ceremony, orga ...

'' (1990) * ''

'' (1994) * ''No se lo Digas a Nadie'' (''Don't Tell Anyone'') (1998) * '' Captain Pantoja and the Special Services'' (2000) * '' Tinta roja'' (2000) * ''Ojos que no ven'' (''What the Eye Doesn't See'') (2003) * '' Black Butterfly'' (2006) * '' A Naked Body'' (2009) * ''

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'' (2010) * '' Dos besos: Troika'' (2015) * '' La decisión de Amelia'' (2022)

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* 1949 births Living people Peruvian film directors Peruvian film producers Peruvian screenwriters Peruvian male screenwriters People from Tacna Peruvian people of Italian descent {{Screen-writer-stub