Motorcyclist’s Happiness Won't Fit Into His Suit

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There he sits proudly on his beautiful motorbike which he would never loan to anyone. He is certain that he alone can explore the jungle. A playful re-enactment with reversed roles that takes aim at the hubris of the colonial conquerors.

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Herrera, Gabriel (film director)
Herrera, Gabriel (screenwriter)
Bernal, Susana (film producer)
Narro. Artemio (film producer)
Illescas, David (actor)

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Cinematography, Stefanie Reinhard; editing, Gabriel Herrera.

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“Each one is responsible for his own beauty. Being ugly is an insult to other people.”
Unnamed woman in The Collectioneusse

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During the first exploration brigade

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Hernan Callejas had already said

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that the one getting into the jungle was him

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and no one else.

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Motorcyclist's happiness won't fit into his suit

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That the one getting into the jungle was him
and no one else

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the conqueror insisted.

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It was also him, and no one else

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the one who in the jungle shortly after

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disappeared.

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Do you think he will lend it to me?

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No. I don't think he will lend it to you.

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The one thing one should never lend
is one's motorcycle.

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To each one his own motorcycle.

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A brigade of men accompany him

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moving through the brush weeds and scaring indians.

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The metal helmets of the soldiers

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shine like angry gods

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among the vegetation of the jungle.

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What then? Can I borrow it?

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No way.

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Come on, let me borrow it.

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Lend it to me.

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Lend it to me!

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Why won't you lend him the motorcycle?!

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The New World was fullof unexpected objects

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unreasonable plants,

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drunk animals,

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unknown prayers.

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He dressed them all in his own suit

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and understood that he had discovered this world

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not because no one had seen it before him

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but because those who had

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had not understood what was it for.

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The amazement and the vanity of the conqueror

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were merged into a single thing.

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And now that he was beautiful at last

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the World and its meaning

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could be the same thing once again.