Jungle fever

MONOS , ALEJANDRO LANDES’ beautiful, brutal dreamscape about a group of teen soldiers in Latin America, is the real deal. Inspired by Colombia’s interminable civil war, Landes short-listed a gang of mostly non-actors, stuck them in a boot camp, whittled them down to the toughest of the tough, then shot the film at first up a mountain, and then in a remote and unforgiving jungle. That jungle was rough. That jungle was tough. Landes tells us how he pulled it off.

FINDING INTEL

For expert guidance, Landes hired Wilson Salazar,