Tropical luscious dreams

The film starts with a front shot of a Rodius-style van, approaching to the camera. What will it carry inside? Well, a film crew that has chosen a heavenly  Caribbean destination  to shoot a spot to promote an energy drink. Marketing works like this, associating sensations and experiences with a specific product, to win over potential buyers and force them to buy when they go to the supermarket.

El filme arranca con un plano frontal de una furgoneta estilo Rodius acercándose hacia la cámara. ¿Qué transportará en su interior? Pues a un equipo de rodaje que ha elegido un celestial  destino caribeño  para rodar un spot sobre una bebida energética. El marketing funciona así, asociando sensaciones y experiencias a un producto concreto, para conquistar al potencial comprador y obligarle a aflojar la mosca cuando va al supermercado.

The first film of the Private Tropical saga on Reunion Island starts aboard a yacht, not far from the coast. Captain Malcomini, his brother Francesco and another sailor take care of a rich Swedish blonde. Just arrived from Stockholm, she has rented a  ship trip  for herself and sunbathes, relaxed.

El primer largometraje de la saga  Private Tropical  en la Isla de Reunión arranca a bordo de un yate, no muy lejos de la costa. El Capitán Malcomini, su hermano Francesco y otro marinero local velan por la comodidad de una sueca de alta cuna. Recién llegada de Estocolmo, ha alquilado un viaje en barco para ella sola y toma el sol con tranquilidad.

The movie begins with a panoramic  view of Naples  before sunset, on Avenida Antonio Gramsci, along Mappatella beach, with Castell d´l Ovo in the background. In one of the Neapolitan palatial houses, decorated with a neoclassical style, a young couple says goodbye. Alessandro goes on a business trip to gloomy and desolate Kiev, who knows if to check the sarcophagus of the Chernobyl nuclear powerplant. It doesn't seem like an attractive trip.

La película comienza con una  visión panorámica de Nápoles  al final de la tarde, sobre la Avenida Antonio Gramsci, a lo largo de la playa Mappatella, con el Castell d´l Ovo al fondo. En una casa palaciega napolitana, decorada con aire neoclásico, una pareja se despide. El pobre Alessandro se marcha a un viaje de trabajo, al sombrío y desolador Kiev, quién sabe si a revisar el sarcófago de la central de Chernobil. No parece ser un viaje atractivo.

The tropical saga had its glory years at the beginning of the 21st century and, undoubtedly attracted by its magnetism and by the infinite business possibilities, many hotels bid hard to do "product placement" of services. This "service placement" sought to make the target audience of this film saga, forty years old men with a subscription to Pay per view TV, relate those hotels with the intrinsic values ​​of Bellocchio's films. Very soon, they would book a week-long stay in paradise to see if they would suffer the same fate as the films' protagonists. Next we are going to analyze the hotels, tell a little about their history and briefly explain the scenes in which they appear. Be very careful because there are quite a few hidden spoilers, and even a quick read could spoil the plot of these films. Hotel Catalonia La Romana (Sunrise) This hotel has a residual appearance at the beginning of the movie Sunrise, when the camera flies over the coast of the Dominic...