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We had fun.
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It was a movie in the movie.
Still, the film was risky.
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And we were in a place that was
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a crossroad for drug trafficking,
full of bandits
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and weird people.
:10:17
Monteleone got inpired by this place
for Hotel Colonial,
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a movie that is unfortunately
not good,
:10:25
because of its budget.
But the original subject
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was beautiful.
:10:29
It features this hotel, which
really exists in Leticia.
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And the movie tells the story
of Leticia,
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this frontier town.
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It stands at the boarder between
Brazil, Colombia and Peru.
:10:43
They are adjoining countries.
:10:48
We were young, we didn't sleep much.
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On the evening, we went for an outing.
:10:53
We did expeditions on the Amazon.
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We would steal a canoe
to cross the river,
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the Amazon.
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It was no common river!
:11:06
We had so much fun!
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The places were wonderful.
We really were at the heart
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of Amazonia.
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At the frontier between Peru,
Colombia and Brazil,
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which converge towards this unique point,
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which join one another in the 'town'.
That is too big a word
:11:25
for this village called Leticia
with lakeside housings,
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where there were two charming hotels.
:11:34
But we lived there like in the jungle.
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When one does this kind of film...
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I almost went round the world
:11:44
to shoot movies in countries
:11:47
with hotsile climate or environment.
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One has to be prepared,
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physically and mentally
to accept this.
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Amazonia is tough.