21/42 At the halfway point of a great journey

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Parodied intro of the television series Tropical Heat (Tropical Heat in Spain, Tropical Intrigue in Latin America) (years: 1991-1993) that includes scenes from the tropical saga

Both this article and this intro-parody are a small tribute to the fact of having reached the equator in this cinephile-tropical trip. We cross a symbolic barrier and from now on, we begin a subtle downhill on the other side of the mountain. We left behind a lot of debugging and distilling work, a great effort at narrative ellipsis, a tenacious search for shooting locations, a good dose of humor and censorship worthy of the NO-DO.

We are going to recap on the tropical films already seen, analyzing the paradisiacal destinations visited, and also the chronology. The viewing order of the feature films is staggered, as a result of a draw held hours before the screening, and for this reason it does not follow the natural chronology of the saga:

2020        2021        2022

1- Tropical 06: Tequila Bum Bum                                    06 june 2020
2- Tropical 05: Paradise Island                                         11 june 2020
3- Tropical 15: Fashion in Paradise                                  28 june 2020
4- Tropical 12: Sin Island                                                 05 july 2020
5- Tropical 08: Ocean Dream                                           07 august 2020
6- Tropical 18: Puerto Rican Affairs                                 08 september 2020
7- Tropical 17: Fantasy Lagoon                                        15 november 2020
8- Tropical 09: Coral Honeymoon                                    12 december 2020
9- Tropical 03: Tropical Heat                                            12 february 2021
10- Tropical 04: Caribbean Vacation                                   20 march 2021
11- Tropical 28: African Temptation                                   25 july 2021
12- Tropical 19: Deadly Love in Paradise                           11 august 2021
13- Tropical 24: Sexy Business                                           04 september 2021
14- Tropical 31: Sensual Healing                                        16 october 2021
15- Tropical 02: Sunrise                                                      10 february 2022
16- Tropical 07: Coconut Holidays                                     26 march 2022
17- Tropical 01: The Private Six Survivors                    01 may 2022
18- Tropical 21: Aphrodisiac                                               21 june 2022
19- Tropical 22: Tropical Twins                                          13 july 2022
20- Tropical 20: Caribbean Dream                                      01 august 2022
21-Tropical 29: Studs & Coconuts                                      01 september 2022

Throughout this journey around paradisiacal destinations around the planet, we have visited the French Antilles: Guadeloupe (five times: Tropical Heat, Caribbean Dream, Sin Island, Deadly Love in Paradise and Caribbean Vacation) and Martinique (both in Coral Honeymoon as in Sexy Business). We have traveled to French colonies in Africa such as Réunion (also five times: Tequila Bum Bum, Paradise Island, Ocean Dream, Aphrodisiac and Tropical Twins) and Mayotte (in African Temptation and in Studs & Coconuts). We have also flown to Spanish-speaking countries such as the Dominican Republic (again five times: The Private Six Survivors, Sunrise, Fashion in Paradise, Fantasy Lagoon and Puerto Rican Affairs) Finally, we have sailed the seas to the island of Nosy Be, in Madagascar, in Sensual Healing, and even the idyllic beaches of the Seychelles Islands, in Coconut Holiday).

And descending to the concrete, we have visited municipalities such as Cabarete and La Romana in the Dominican Republic; Saint Gilles de Bains and La Possession in Réunion; Sainte Anne, Le Gosier and Deshaies in Guadeloupe; Marigot and Ilet Thierry in Martinique; Mamoudzou in Mayotte; Andilana Beach in Nosy Be... Unrepeatable experiences and unforgettable scenes that were recorded forever on celluloid.

We cannot forget to mention more northern "shooting locations", far from the tropical islands, which appear in the films due to the demands of the script. For example: Naples, the Le Devens de Mougins urbanization, the Rue d'Antibes and the seafront in Cannes, the surroundings of the Opera House in Budapest, the Domaine Trigano in Ferolles-Attilly or the imposing Chateau de Rouillon on the banks of the Seine, not far from Paris.

After this retrospective, its time to anticipate succintly the tropical journey that we will face in the coming months that will once again take us to places as distant as Martinique, Réunion, Guadeloupe and the Dominican Republic. Several hours of pure cinema from the 2000-2010 decade and a lot of fun lie ahead.

Sasha
Ubicación: Europa

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