"BOLIVAR IS ME" "He led the war for independence against the Spanish crown, of the current republics of Colombia, Venezuela, Equador, Peru and Bolivia which he dreamed to see united as a single nation, "The Great Colombia"" "Don Quixote, man as he should be." "I'm not lucky enough to believe in an after-life." "I do not want to die, because, as you, I'm leaving mywork undone." "Order arms!" "At ease!" "Lt. Almagro, we are ready, bring the defendant for the execution." "Yes, Sir!" "Sir, the Captain says everything is ready and that you can start." "Thank you, Lt." "I really need your help now." "Go fetch him." "No, I can't." "You go." "It's time." "We are waiting for you." "The three greatest dummies in history have been:" "Jesus Christ, Don Quixote and me." "I have to get you ready." "There's no need." "My face already bears the stamp of death." "I can't go on..." "Relax..." "They have to wait for you." "I went to see you last night but they said that you didn't want to see anyone, not even me." "I needed to be alone." "I know." "What will happen to you?" "Something new will come along." "Don't worry." "Remember that I'll always be with you." "My dearest!" "Every story has an end." "We better finish this now." "Later on, the light will not be the same." "General, do you want to say your last words?" "As I come to my end, my love for you tells me that I must express my last wishes." "I don't aspire to anything else but the consolidation of Colombia." "Everyone must work towards the invaluable well being of the Union, obey the present government to free themselves from anarchy." "The priests must pray and the soldiers, with their swords, must defend the Civil Rights." "Colombians:" "you have seen my effort to plant freedom where tyranny reigned before." "I have worked selflessly," "leaving aside my fortune and tranquility." "My enemies have abused of your faith." "I have been the victim of my opponents that have taken me to the threshold of my grave." "I forgive them." "Colombians:" "my last vote is for the happiness of our Nation." "If my death contributes for the political parties to end and the consolidation of the Union," "I will die in peace." "Soldiers!" "Ready..." "Aim..." "Cut!" "Bolivar didn't die this way." "I don't kill Bolivar this way." "He didn't die like this!" "This asshole has definitely gone nuts!" "The scene was going so well, I was almost weeping." "I can't bear this raving lunatic anymore!" "Wait, Enrique!" "Santiago..." "I'm fed up with all of this!" " Talk to the director." " No." " Tell him to change the end." " No!" "As Bolivar said," ""The harm done to the just is a blow to my heart," ""and I don't want to hit my chest with my own hand"." "I refuse to die this way." "Stop talking to me with lines from the script," "I also know them by heart." "Santiago, we've already been over this." "This is not history, but fiction and this ending is more impressive." "We all agreed on the ending." "It's more heroic this way." "Don't you dare speak to me." "You are just a mercenary who gets paid for controlling me with pills." "We are deceiving the public, Castro." "Bolivar did not die like this!" "Don't pretend you are a historian, you didn't have a clue about who Bolivar was!" "Now I know more about him than the rest of you." "You're not a director, you're a make-up artist and for you any corpse is exquisite." " Go and find another clown!" " Right!" "Go and find a real actor." "There are hundreds out there who would kill to play this role." "What was that, Alejandra?" "You're way over your head and can't handle it, you should go back to your little theater group where your mediocrity isn't noticed." "If you haven't noticed, this show's a success thanks to me." "Did you hear me?" "Me..." "Alejandra, shut up!" "He's a mediocre, just a mere apprentice." "Manuelita, you are also against me?" "Ever since you broke up with him, this guy crumbled..." "Don't speak about my personal life, I'm not going back to him." "You're the only one who can handle him." "He's in love with you." "Not with me." "He loves Bolivar, Manuelita." "Isn't it the same thing?" "Don't be ridiculous!" "How can it be the same thing?" "Margarita, remove this mask." "Go to hell!" "One of you is enough for me!" "Avianca 's flight 1794 to Santa Fe de Bogota." "The passengers are asked to..." ""I have been a soldier of beauty" ""because I have fought for freedom" ""which is beautiful and haunting." It is so lovely, you write beautifully." "They are Bolivar's words but it's as if theywere my own." "How does the show end?" "Do you marry Manuelita?" "I don't know yet." "Anything but dying." "True, isn't it?" "Please, I insist." "I need to get to Bogota today." "Please." " Do what's necessary." " Santiago Miranda." "Simon Bolivar the Liberator!" "There will always be a seat for you on my plane." "Come with me, Liberator." "Captain, the Homeland thanks you." " How are you?" " Fine." "For my crew, it is an honor to carry you." "Was I too hard on him?" "Too much!" "I thought he was going to die for real." "The only people he trusts..." "Do me a favor and bring me back that nutcase!" "I don't have to put up with actors' temper tantrums." "Can't you see that when we act," "we do it with our face, our soul," "our guts, our feelings, with all our love and that something can go wrong and break inside of us." "Don't go on lecturing me when I have to shoot 30 scenes and I haven't started the 1st one yet!" "Santiago is at a difficult moment for any actor, killing a character isn't easy." "We'll leave the execution for later, but bring him back." "Insensitive jerk!" " Hi!" " Did they kill him?" "No." "Have you seen him around?" "He came in, picked up his things and left as fast as the wind." "What?" "Santiago..." "Santiago, answer me." "How long is the flight Bogota-Caracas?" "No more than an hour and a half." "If you need to go, I'm at your service." "Can you imagine all I could've done if I had one of these machines?" "That scene where you argued with Santander what was it that Santander said?" ""My humbleness is sincere when I am humble."" "I'd rather not speak about him." "Was Santander involved in the conspiracy?" "." "Is he as bad as that?" "He is worse." "What are you going to do?" "Kill him?" "An airplane is what I needed." "What do you mean, "he's gone mad," doctor?" " Weren't you in control?" " Yes." "But the death scene was moved up." "Why?" "." "I was afraid he'd die in real life." "Watch this..." "The director says you have to..." " ...run up the hill." " Santiago, what's wrong?" "He can't run..." "I can't..." "How can we do this to this guy!" "I'm done with this, you hear?" "It's over, I'm done with this." "Santiago, come back!" "Another attack." "Do you understand me now?" "Everyday his health got worse." "I thought he wouldn't make it to the last day of shooting." "And?" "He's woven a dangerous thread between fiction, and reality." "I know that." "You've already told me that, doctor, but what do we do with this nut?" "The show is on the air and we still haven't completed next week's episodes." "The solution is war therapy, sedate him one or two weeks to take him out of his character, wipe out his fear of death." "What!" "Stop shooting just because the "cheap hero" needs some rest?" "This is not Hollywood!" "Find me a better solution." "And couldn't you drug him?" "Something like a lobotomy but with drugs?" "Could be." "It is a drastic form of electrocution." "The patient goes numb with a lethal shock, and stays in bed so that he can build the bits and pieces of his crumbled personality." "This could permanently damage all of Bolivar's reflexes." "Turn him into someone more manageable but making him a pretty dumb actor." "Don't worry about that." "He has always been a pretty dumb actor." "Too dumb." "Manuelita shoud convince him to return to the set and re-write the script." "What?" "Nothing." "You won't believe it:" "he went back to Bogota." "This is worse than we thought." "Bring in another actor." "Someone from Venezuela?" "There are better looking Bolivares." "Don't talk nonsense!" "You know that we cannot do that." "What are we going to do?" "You must convince him that his death has been pushed back, better yet, cancelled." "Oh, no." "Tell him that they need him to re-write the script." "No, don't count on me." "Why do I have to be the one to deal with him?" "I wouldn't be asking you if I could solve it myself." "Look, I'll give you an exclusive contract for 3 years or anything else, but I need your help with this one." "Don't expect a miracle!" "See you in Bogota." "How are you, General?" "Verywell, Liberator!" "Looking for you all over." "Tomorrow there's the parade and we are counting on you as was agreed." "You wouldn't let the country down?" "Tomorrow will be your day, Liberator!" "I'll see you there." "Hello, my precious!" "I was so worried about you." "Hello, Mom." "Manuelita called me and told me what happened." "Look, everybody!" "Here comes Bolivar!" "Are you our Nation's Father?" "On the show." "Why, do you like it?" "Yeah!" "Sure!" " Was Boyaca's Battle great?" " Yeah!" "Sure!" "An autograph!" "Well, all right." "Enough!" "Let's go, if not theywon't let you go home." "That's enough." "Santi, how nice to see you back." "How are you, Julita?" "The members of 'Community Action' would like to speak with you." "You could help us with the people in Congress about finally opening a health clinic." "Look, Evelia." "I've told everyone that he will be very busy until he's finished the 'Campaign of the South'." "Santi, brother!" "What about the scholarship?" "The one the Congress gave you." "You are going to drive him crazy!" "Let's go." "Mother, why are you so rude?" "Sorry, honey, but it's not easy to be the mother of the Liberator." "Your fans are driving me crazy, calling all day." "Do you want me to call Manuelita for you?" "Don't even think about it." "Are you two fighting again?" "My enemies have allied to destroy me and my friends, to betray me, Mother." "And what are you going to do about it, love?" "Succeed!" "I like this." "You speak like your father." "The Secretary of Defense called about the parade to celebrate the bicentenial of your death or birth." " I already talked to him." " You won't drink the soup?" "No, Mother." "I just want to sleep." " Just sleep." " So sleep." "This is your home, sweetheart." "Mother, don't forget to iron my formal uniform, the one I used when I triumphantly entered Quito." "Of course, love." "How could I forget." "Simon, what a joy to have you back home again!" "Mr. President." "This place brings back bad memories." "One of the worst conspiracies against me was planned here." "Things haven't changed that much." "The Vice President conspires against me everyday." "Come and sit down, I want to show you something." "This is a wonderful book but I found a mistake." "Bolivar would never have confessed." "He was a Mason, just like me." "When he saw the priests, he asked for them to leave." " Remember?" " Yes, I was a Mason, but not anymore." "It's just a bunch of individuals who talk with signs and gestures." "This one is closer to the truth." "What do you think?" "I'd rather not speak of my death." "You're right." "It is better not to dwell on the past." "Sorry but the parade is about to begin." "Your parade, Simon." " Send this to Bolivar's house." " Sure." "Simon, as you know, next week, all Bolivarian presidents are going to meet in Santa Marta." "It would be wonderful if you could join us." "It is a date I cannot miss, but with one condition." "You take care of the theater and I take care of politics." "In a show ofpower, pride, glory, talentand discipline, the infantry, navyandair forces, with their emergency, response units, renderhomage to the most excellent General Simon Bolivar." "Whose presence decorates this military,parade in his name, andhelps to show the strength ofthe patriotic sy,mbols." "It is very serious that he left the set." "He made us stop working." "He may lose his part." "Thanks." "Doña Julita, you must convince him." "He has only played small parts." "This is his big break." "He must not waste it." "Yes, I am also worried because I've noticed him preoccupied lately." "What is going on?" "Don't you love each other anymore?" "Where has he spent the night?" "Sorry," "I lied." "He spent the night here and all alone." "And I'm going to tell you where he is now." "Look, there's my angel!" "The most excellentLiberator, Simon Bolivar above his legendary,horse, proudly, verifies the stabilities ofthe Republic he foundedand the heroism and virtues ofhis army,." "Heir to the liberating quests with his strong stand." "The high government The high military, world." "And the dignitary,emblems ofthe Church accompany, the Liberator." "Where are you?" "Have you heard anything?" "Turn on the TV, channel 8." "Turn on channel 8." "He goes towards his statue, where the President ofColombia awaits him to place a floral offering as a reward from the nations thatbelievedin freedom and that struggledforit." "I wrote a few words for you to read in Santa Marta." "We will have a lot of fun over there." "I hope you won't let me down." "Santiago Miranda, your execution has been cancelled," "we are re-writing the script and we need your suggestions!" "We must go on shooting!" "Now it's my turn." "Come on, come on..." "What's wrong with you?" "He's the one who likes to dance, not me..." "What?" "Come with me, honey." "That show is driving you mad." "I'll get rid of that sadness." "The character needs a "mother figure"." "Remember his early orphanhood, his premature widowhood and the manywomen in his life." "He must be hiding at his mother's." "Why don't you order another chicken and some more liquor?" "What time is it?" "The show!" " What show?" " Your show!" "Death to the Tyrant!" "Long live Freedom!" "Simon, my love, I hear footsteps, I hear voices!" "My fatal forebodings have come true." "Greatness doesn't go unpunished." "No one is free of envy." "I beg you, my love." "Don't miss out on this opportunity." "Jump out the window." "If it's necessary, I'll die for you." "You are braver than any of my generals!" "You are the love of the Liberator!" "How embarrassing!" "Turn that shit off!" "Turn it off!" "Didn't you hear me!" "I always watch this show!" "I like it." "I watch it even when I'm with a client." "I want to stop acting." "Everything is so phony." "Phony?" "." "That is where the beauty is." "I am the one who has to act." "The clients are here to feel and we're paid not to feel." "Look," "I scream differently with every client," "if not..." "So they think it's for real..." "And if they like it, they come back." "You tell me, baby." "You always come back." "The difference is that I can't please everybody, all my clients." "People ask me for things that I can't give them." "And what about me?" "Santiago, damn it!" "What do you think?" "When you are a whore and you don't enjoy it, you are in the purgatory and if you like it, you are a floosie, just a party girl, no more." "I'm doing it for my child's future." "Why not fool around a bit to get rid of this fucking shit." "Where?" "At what time?" "He was seen nearby Santander Square." "Hi Liberator!" "What are you doing here at this hour?" "You haven't come around lately." " I just came for a visit." " Of course!" "Come right in, this is your home." "How are you, Palomo?" "Don't go anywhere." "The more I try, to escape, the deeper the aby,ss seems." "I saw tonight's episode." "I didn't like it." " Why?" "." " I didn't believe it." "One of the darkest chapters of the history of this country seems insignificant in that show." "The Liberator's real dream is not seen anywhere." "Do you want one for the cold?" "Cigarette?" "Well, he didn't smoke but I do." "The thing is that I'm doing a series that deals with the human aspect of Simon Bolivar." "What does "human aspect" mean?" "To go running to Ana Lenoit's house, who wasn't important to him, right after the attempt on his life." "What about the "Great Colombia"?" "Human aspect..." "Of course Bolivar was a playboy, 38 known lovers." "To envy, right?" "But I think it was too much." "What kind of Bolivar would you like to see?" "The one who lit the flame of freedom on these lands." "The one who dreamt of a country united and in peace." "The one I would like my children to meet." "Not the one in that series who only cares about chasing ladies." "Everyone has their own image of Bolivar." "Everyone has their own Bolivar." " I had to portray this one." " Yes." "But you have the opportunity he didn't have..." "To finish his dream." "Hello, Liberator!" "Doesn't your solitude hurt?" "It breaks all my bones." "It's incredible what you've become..." "A statue." "The only thing that remains of your dreams is this nightmare." "Seeing it everyday makes me want to puke from anger!" "Your death didn't put an end to political parties or the consolidation of the bla... bla...bla." "Now I understand what a symbol is." "To be a statue of bronze so that pigeons can shit on you." "Listen, asshole!" "People are sleeping." "Go and scream on TV, fag." "I would like you to be in my guts so that you could feel the pain of this present you left us." "Hey Mr., keep it down!" "You are being disrespectful to our patriotic symbols." "Would you dare to arrest the Liberator?" "Mr. Miranda, go home, you're very drunk." "I am not drunk." "I am drunk on freedom!" "It's time to go home." "Yes!" "But first, I need you to witness what I'm about to say:" "I swear, bywhat is most sacred to me, my reputation," "that I will not sheathe my sword until all the conflicts are solved and I find the end that this story deserves." "Stop him, he is crazy!" "Don't let him escape!" "General Bolivar, we don't want to hurt you, we just want to talk to you!" "General Bolivar, do you hear me?" "I'm not Bolivar!" "I'm an actor, Santiago Miranda, just an actor." "I work on TV." "I am not crazy." "If I failed to honor a TV contract," "I should be talking to a lawyer not to a psychiatrist." "This is for your own good." "I have nothing to do with that gentleman." "I'm just an actor." "Then, why did you refuse to die?" "Theywere going to execute me." "What is the difference?" "How can you possibly not know the difference?" "What?" "You don't understand shit." "I need to talk to the President or to the Secretary of Defense." "Yes, sure... and to Santander, and Paez and all the presidents of the "Great Colombia"." "Listen, I must attend the Summit of Bolivarian Countries." "I am not kidding." "Don't worry about that, the Liberation Army is coming for you." "This is serious..." "I have to attend that summit." "Don't inject me..." "Don't inject me, damn it!" "Look at the front page:" ""Santiago Miranda in a mental hospital."" "Can you believe this?" ""The producers of 'The Lovers of the Liberator' made the decision" ""after the actor refused to continue shooting..."" "Can you imagine?" "As it turns out, we are the bad guys!" "I asked you to act with absolute discretion!" "They know who you sleep with, so they couldn't look the other way!" "Our "hero" is on the front page and they don't even mention me." " It's not good for the show." " You don't get it." "On the contrary, our ratings will go up." "Go back to the moment where the squad..." " ...is going to fire." " Believe me, I know the scene and without him it's useless." "Besides, I'm still missing scenes from 15 episodes that make no sense without him." "We have to keep on shooting!" "We have to get him out of there." "He'll really go nuts!" "Stop screaming like a lunatic!" "You're no psychiatrist!" "You could've avoided this mess if you had included Bolivar in the revisions of the script." "Whose idea was it to make a "modern" Bolivar?" "To execute him because dying in bed didn't mean "high ratings"?" "It's for you!" "I told you that I'm not here for anyone." "What?" "Are you sure?" "Of course, put him through." "Our Liberator has gone mad?" "No way, Mr. President." "You know how scandalous the press can be." "Of course I know!" "Our job is very stressful," "Mr. President." "Work days are exhausting and this kid has been working too much." "We decided that he should rest for a few days." "That'sgoodnews, Angelital" "Next Friday, all Bolivarian Presidents are going to meet." "Well, my advisers have come up with a great idea..." "To have Simon as our symbol." "You know advisers." "Yes, I know them well." "So, you'll have to lend me Simon, I'll take him to Santa Marta." " Does it bother you?" " No way,I It willbe an honour." "OK, my secretarywill contact Bolivar to confirm all the details." "Damn, what a mess we're in!" "We'll have to play this clown's game." "Alejandra, go and get him out of that hospital." "Now you decide he's sane." "Why are you treating him like a puppet?" "I can't let the President down." "We'll think about the show later but for now, he cannot miss that summit." "Avoid the words "no" and "death"." "And it's better to pretend you are Manuelita." "This is stupid!" "Neither of us would be able to say such nonsense." "Memorize it as a script, that's what the President wants to hear." "Another lie." "Is this why they invited me?" "Don't be silly, it's just a speech." "Nobodywill care." "We are so used to lies that nobody notices one more." "What side are you on?" "Which side do you think?" "Yours." "Santiago, the sooner we finish, the better it is for you." "You go and play the part for those presidents, return and we finish the show, don't you think?" "They are waiting for your suggestions to re-write the script." "They'll change the end." "We'll go to that circus while they make the changes." "I know them and I don't believe anything they say." "I want to write and direct the rest of the series." "Do you think it's necessary?" "." "We're almost at the end." "I don't have much time and I can't waste it." "What about us?" "Why not finish the series first and then see?" "I want to know if you're in love with me, or with Manuelita." "Idiot, cretin, imbecile!" "What's the use of knowing the future ifwe cannot change it?" "We are only puppets hanging on top of a whirlwind of gunpowder that threatens to devour us." "And what is worse:" "everybody is alone against the world." "What do you reallywant?" "Why are you part of this circus?" "I care about you!" "I want everything to work out well for you." "I think you need me, right?" "Verywell, Mrs. Saenz." "It is time to see your Liberator in action!" "I rose from my grave because the continent deserves another chance." "I came to invite you all to the restoration of the "Great Colombia"." "The only possibility for our countries to come out of the under development, is the unity into a great nation." "The rest is just lies, simple phrases for these occasions." "Because you, gentlemen, you..." "Shit don't know the real Bolivar." "You don't make politics, you play theater." "After my death, my name was used for the worst to justify a government take-over, to name mediocre schools, hospitals that don't work," "constitutions that don't apply and also to legitimate the brutality ofwar." "That is enough." "No, I won't let myself get killed again and I don't like the end you have written for me." "You didn't let me finish mywork but my intelligence, my imagination and my moral strength, tell me that I should finish it." " Let's go." " Let go of me." " Now, what do we do?" " Good God, go!" "What are you doing?" "Everybody down!" "Nobody moves!" "Everybody freeze!" "Don't shoot!" "What do you want?" "A ship." " What?" " A ship!" "You hear me?" "A ship!" "Afterbouts ofdepression, Santiago confuses reality, with TV..." "What started offas foolishness by,an eccentric actor has become a hallucination neverbefore seen in the country,." "Which threatens to turn into an atrocious nightmare." "Santiago Miranda, believing he is Bolivar, is convincedhis resurrection is beneficial to the Bolivarian countries, andkeeps the President convinced, while continuing on the Magdalena river towards the interior ofthe country,." "Following the lastfootsteps that drove the Libertador to his death." "Thank you very much, and pay close attention." "Actor Santiago Miranda, who's decided to bring Bolivar to life, now demands the presence of the..." "In a few minutes he will pass through this fishermen's town where the people are getting ready to welcome him." "Why are we steering upstream?" "I'm retracing my steps." "Do you think Bolivar would've kidnapped a person?" "Why are you doing this to me?" "When I tell the truth, you don't believe me." "What are you writing?" "History as it should be." "Imagine that the "Great Colombia" has existed." "The brutality that could have been avoided." "Unfortunately, the 'Great Colombia' disappeared in 1830." "I want to mend that." "And you can re-write history?" "." "Sure!" "But, most of all, it can have a better ending." "The subject, Santiago Miranda, is 38 years old." "According to intelligence, he has no connection to the guerrillas, or the private armies and even less, to narcotic trafficking." "This appears to be an individual action." "Then, why haven't we taken over the ship?" "We cannot endanger the life of the President or..." "Bolivar." "I speak of Bolivar as a symbol." "Killing a symbol is as dangerous as it is counter-productive." "What are you suggesting, General?" "A deal with him?" "Yes, but only to gain time, we'll wear him down before any ultimatum." "The region of the Lower Magdalena River is completely under our control." "We won't let him get to Barrancabermeja, held by guerrillas, or to Puerto Boyaca, which is under the control of the private armies." ""There is no good will in America," ""among men oramong nations." ""Treaties are papers," ""constitutions are books, elections are battles," ""freedom is bitter andlife is a torment. "" ""I wanted to write something worthy, ofall ofthem butl've forgotten." ""It seemed so clear, so filled with feelings and emotions" ""thatl couldn 't take in my,heart." ""I took time, thinking thatl would rememberitjustas I hadimagined" ""but the magic ofthe momenthad disappeared. "" "The private armies'activities go from killing people suspected ofhelping the guerrillas to..." "We are condemnedby, God to repeathistory, overand overagain." "Come on!" " Everybody freeze!" " Finally, guys!" "Who is in charge of the operation?" "Parmenio Rovira from the Bolchevique Front of Salamina," "Guerrilla Coordinate, Simon Bolivar, Popular Revolutionary Army (PRA)." "At your service!" "That was a fucking scare!" "Who did you say you were?" "The Bolchevique Front of Salamina." "And why are you here?" "Bolivar, may your sword lead the fight!" "Yesterday, today and always!" "Until the final victory!" "What is going on here?" "I'd like to know it too." "We recovered your sword to begin our fight and now we return it to your hand, filled with glory." "This moment must be recorded." "Comrade..." "Now with the prisoner." "I refuse to be a part of this circus!" "I am the President!" "Wait a minute," "I am the one giving orders around here!" "Let him go immediately or you can leave because I don't need you." "You don't have to do it." "I'm doing it just for you." "We've achieved part of your dreams, we control a big part of the national territory, we fight imperialism, destroying its infrastructure, and we are a self-sufficient, belligerent force." "That is not my dreams." "Santiago Miranda, General Bolivar," "I come as an emissary on behalf of the government to talk to you!" "Don't shoot!" "What does this shit mean?" "What does it mean?" "Who do you think you are?" "Take your goddamn sword and leave my ship at once!" "General, you cannot do this to us." "With this sword, you freed a whole continent and now it returns to you to free it again." "Shut up!" "If you don't do as I say, you'll have to kill me!" "Many,stories had too many, characters withouta clearpurpose." "Every, charactermust contribute something specific." "Itmustperform a duty, have its own space in this story,." "Are we going to let ourselves be bossed around by this clown?" "We are Bolivarians, he's our symbol." "Stop the bullshit, Parmenio, we must take advantage of this turn in history." "Let's kill Bolivar and keep the President." "Bolivar says he'll kill himself, and all of those on the ship will die, including the President, if the Bolivarian Presidents don't attend the Summit on the ship." "Here's exclusive video footage of the dramatic situation, aggravated by, the presence ofthe 'guerrilla '." "We can see, Bolivarmay, do anything." "We also bringy,ou an exclusive message from Bolivar thathas caused turmoil in the country, and throughout the Bolivarian countries." ""Itis necessary, to unify, the congresses ofalIBolivarian nations" ""and establish the re-birth ofthe 'Great Colombia '." ""Venezuela, Peru, Bolivia," ""Ecuador, Panama and Colombia" ""all unitedas one nation" ""independent, worthy,." ""To have a summit ofall the Presidents," ""to sign the unification ofthe 'Great Colombia '," ""to draw up a sole constitution" ""andaccomplish its firstaction.." ""We willnotpay, the external debt. "" "Bolivar's proposal has caused the most colliding reactions." "The US government doesn't agree with it, considering it a proposal from the narcotic traffic for a "Narcotic Great Colombia"." "We've come up with a survey to find out what Colombians think of Bolivar:" "Bolivar is crazy : 20%," "Bolivar is right : 72%, doesn't know or doesn't respond : 8%." "You guys are not very good with money." "They say, "He who plays, learns"." "In this country, we keep bluffing each other." "I wish..." "I hope victory suits us all." "But we are running out of time." "...willbe foreverin ourhearts" "Simon Bolivar, today, is dy,ing ofnostalgia because ofthe people'spain" "We love him with honesty, andneedhim to make peace" "Santiago Miranda will soon return to fightforfreedom..." "Ever since they heard the news, they haven't stopped dancing." "In all the years I've lived here I've never seen such a party." "He has such skill to complicate things." "And such magnetism to awaken fascination." "He has always liked difficulties." "Remember?" "On the road of Los Andes before the Battle of the Marsh of Vargas, everything seemed insane, right?" "And you see he won." "But..." "I know that the only thing he's missing is love." "My Manuelita, go to him." "Knowing him the way I do," "I'm sure he is waiting for you." "We love him with honesty, andneedhim to make peace" "Santiago Miranda will soon return as Simon Bolivar to fightforfreedom" "I have to save him, don't you understand?" "I want to see him." "What do you want me to do?" "Ask the Vice President to let you on the ship because you're the solution?" "Yes." "Don't be so naive." "I'm serious, damn it." "He's not thinking about the show anymore." "He is thinking about something very different." "You know that he's no longer Santiago." "He hasn't been for a long time." "We haven't been able to understand it." "I... spoke to him and he agreed." "He insists on meeting with the Bolivarian Presidents in order to re-establish the 'Great Colombia'." " You are crazier than he is." " We have to follow his logic." "To see it as if Bolivar rose from his grave." "The 'Great Colombia' is the character's obsession, his dream." "For him, fiction and reality have interwoven in such a way that the ultimatum is as true as it is possible." "His problem wasn't Bolivar, it was Santiago." "Santiago sacrificed himself to become Bolivar." "Manuelita must convince him that the summit should be held here, in the Palace, and not on the ship because there isn't the infrastructure for such an important meeting." "Why should he listen to her?" "So far, he hasn't." "Manuelita has saved his life twice." "Don't forget the renowned attempted murder of September." "Bolivar cannot live without a heroine and we've proved that Manuelita is like a drug to him." "Ifwe have to find a solution with a crazy idea like that... if your theory is right, doctor, why don't we send him Sucre?" "A just, impartial guy, he was his best friend." "Bolivar wanted to delegate him his command." "Manuelita was just his mistress." "She was a scheming hag who handled the power behind the throne." "Forgive me, all of you, but you are mistaken." "Manuelita is much more sensitive." "At least, that is how I am portraying my role." "Sucre is not an important character on the show." "Bolivar doesn't care for him but for Manuelita." "No!" "Do not search her!" "Now we just need Ana Lenoit and de lbañez sisters to arrive." "Each one at their own time." "Welcome!" "Let's go away to Europe;" "it's time for you to rest." "You don't need more glory." "Alejandra, do you believe I think I am Bolivar?" "That gentleman died in 1830." "Life is not worth living without fantasy or imagination." "Please, this is worse than you can imagine." "Stop dreaming." "This is reality, my love." "I can't turn back now..." "The people were waiting for me." "I am the frustrated dream of a whole continent because now I am Bolivar." "Theywon't come here." "If you want to talk to them, you'll have to go to Bogota." "The Vice President swore it to me and I believe her." "Believe me!" "All right..." "Request a helicopter." "We are going to Bogota." "A.S. Rotor, I'll put you through..." "Yes, General..." "Captive Hawk has leftBarefootEagle." " He is making fun of us." " What is it that this clown wants!" "General Blanco, gather the Security Council." "I'm meeting with Congress." "The helicopterflew overBogota, apparently, without a precise destination." "He then tried to go towards a guerrilla zone." "This house belonged to our Liberator." "We must imagine him in these gardens with his girlfriend." "Do you remember her name?" "Manuelita Saenz!" "Why did you change the place of the summit?" "This is my home and I feel safer here." "Tell the Palace that the ultimatum remains," "I'll be waiting here." " Take care of him!" " Take care of the prisoner!" "Let him go!" "It's better that you leave." "Go!" "I need to write the end." "In 6 hours, the ultimatum reaches its end." "Bolivar didn't arrive at the Presidential Palace for the summit." "There is total uncertainty as to what could happen." "Nobody knows what he's up to or why he's here, the Museum of Quinta of Bolivar." "Colombia has a long history of kidnappings and take-overs for political reasons." "The most traumatic happened on November 6, 1985, when the M-19 'guerrilla' took over the Supreme Court, ending in a tragic balance of 15judges murdered," "16auxiliary, lawy,ers and 35 'guerrillos' dead, an undeterminednumber ofdisappearances andall ofthe Supreme Court's files completely, carbonized." "After that traumatic experience, we think a peacefulandnegotiable solution willbe attained." "A good story, lies in the moralfiber ofits characters." "You want some soup?" "Why did you stay?" "." "Because your Majesty needs me." "Verywell, General Sucre, my only friend, as always." "The Symbol keeps writing." "Do you still believe that those people are going to come here?" "Instead of one, we are going to have 5 presidents." "This is the best moment to make this conflict international." "Don't be such an idiot!" "All those presidents went home." " Is there any coffee?" " On the stove." "Mrs. Vice President, it's me, Alejandra Bernardini." "This revolutionary trial is an act of the new government." "Where is Bolivar?" "Don't worry about him;" "the comedy is over." "This is your scene, Mr. President." "You and I have some unfinished business to discuss." "Mrs. Vice President, listen to me, the 'guerrillos' are having a trial for the President." "He's not in charge of the situation." "What should we do?" "For being the visible figure of a civil dictatorship and in the hegemony of the traditional parties in power, we find you guilty and sentence you to death." "Forever, PRA!" ""How to fight the stupidity of human beings?" ""One that serves a revolution ploughs on the sea and sows on the air."" "He was so right when he said that." "Love..." "I said that I did not want to be disturbed." "I am not finished yet." "I spoke to the Vice President." "The summit has been cancelled." "They are not coming." "Not coming?" "How can you say that if they're already here?" "The 'guerrillos' are putting the President on trial." "Everything was a setup for you to leave the ship." "Everyone..." "Everyone betrayed you." "They are going to kill us." "We must run away from here." "If my enemies make me choose between reality and fantasy," "I choose fantasy." "Comrade, you know what to do." "Don't be a coward!" "If you are going to kill me, look at my face." "Nobody move!" "General Paez," "I leave you alone for a second and you always do the same thing." "Drop your weapons!" "General Paez, a true warrior is the one that boasts only of defeating his enemy but not of destroying him." "Why is every Colombian an enemy country?" "." "At 7pm, we start the rehearsals of the new story." "General Santander, come with me!" "What you just said is yours or Bolivar's?" "It's the same thing." "Not getting along with you was the doom of the 'Great Colombia'." "I want you to listen to this - these were his words..." ""The nations that I've founded," ""after a bitter, long agony," ""will eclipse" ""to become the estates" ""of a great nation " ""America"." "What do you think?" "That's enough!" "Stop talking nonsense thinking you are Bolivar." "Let's go!" "Just a minute, I'm not finished!" "We have just heard a gunshot..." "They killed the President." "Goodbye Colombia, goodbye freedom..." "Both of them so beautiful..." "How can you lose them without crying tears of blood?" "Cut... cut..."