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Hello Dr Rivers’ clinic? Thank you Yes Yes, doctor, I would like to be your patient With your permission, of course No It was Doctor Rosenthal who recommended you to me Yes, she and her husband, I’ve known them for a while They’re going to spend a year in Florence In a few days, I think That’s why she didn’t want to take me on Besides, it’s not advisable among friends, she said I’ve worked with him No, I’m not a poet I’m a filmmaker I write screenplays Well, that’s part of the problem I don’t want to write anymore, but I don’t know what else to do Can I? I suppose so No, nothing I’ve written has been produced, but almost Someone optioned one of my screenplays Of course, it’s better than nothing Maybe with a little more luck It was an action movie A sort of film noir, but set in the jungle, in Guatemala I’m from there El Petén It’s a wonderful place Have you been to the jungle? It’s a singular thing If you haven’t been you don’t know what I’m talking about The vegetation, the life, the energy everywhere Yes, I get excited talking about it In black and white Supposedly I was going to direct it, but the investors backed out at the last moment Yes, safety concerns By a stroke of bad luck, the producer was there when they lynched a North American woman A photographer She was in a little town, taking pictures of some kids Someone started the rumour that she was kidnapping kids You know, there have been cases For illegal adoption agencies, or for specialty brothels, and they say they are even used to supply the organ market Unthinkable, you said it But that’s what happened and the project fell through Money? Well, yes, I mean no, money isn’t really a problem at all Rich, not what you would call rich, no My father? My father yes, he was rich No, he died a long time ago He was killed It’s a bit of a complicated story Around,