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Stephen Frears and Josué Méndez
During the year of mentoring, Méndez shot his feature film Dioses with the guidance of Stephen Frears. While they initially met in Lima, the real discussions between mentor and protégé began on a trip to the long-lost, mountain-top, Inca city of Machu Picchu – an hour by plane plus four hours by bus from the capital. After contemplating the sacrificial altars and communing with the grazing alpacas, what else is there to do but talk about film? "All you can do is ask questions," Frears believes. Méndez has to provide the answers.
"Frears forced me to think what I wanted. He wants you to be sure of everything," Méndez says. "There are many questions that, even now, I'm trying to answer.