Temporada de patos

Temporada de patos (released as Duck Season in the United States) is a 2004 Mexican film. It is the first feature film by writer/director, Fernando Eimbcke, a former MTV Awards videoclip director.

Contents

• Temporada de patos trailer oficial
• Pelicula temporada de patos
• Cast
• Plot
• Awards
• Moko temporada de patos
• References

After being successfully featured in national and international film festivals such as the Cannes Film Festival it was sold to distributors in six European countries. The movie has been praised in all of these festivals as well as by directors such as Alfonso Cuarón (Gravity) and Guillermo del Toro (Pacific Rim).

The movie is filmed in black and white and mostly takes place in one location, an old apartment in Tlatelolco.

Cast

Daniel Miranda as Flama

Diego Cataño as Moko

Danny Perea as Rita

Enrique Arreola as Ulises

Carolina Politi as Flama's mother

Plot

Flama (Daniel Miranda) and Moko (Diego Cataño) are two 14-year-olds who have been friends since childhood. One Sunday afternoon, Flama invites Moko to play videogames while his mother is not home. There they have everything they need to survive such as videogames, pizza delivery, sodas, manga pornography and... no parents. But when the power goes out what seemed like a regular day becomes an adventure.

Awards

2004 AFI Fest, Grand Jury Prize for Fernando Eimbcke

2004 Guadalajara Film Festival, FIPRESCI Prize for Fernando Eimbcke

2004 Guadalajara Film Festival, Mayahuel Award - Best Actor for Enrique Arreola (Tied with Roberto Espejo for Puños rosas)

2004 Guadalajara Film Festival, Mayahuel Award - Best Actress for Danny Perea

2004 Guadalajara Film Festival, Mayahuel Award - Best Director for Fernando Eimbcke

2004 Guadalajara Film Festival, Mayahuel Award - Best Original Score for Alejandro Rosso

2004 Guadalajara Film Festival, Mayahuel Award - Best Screenplay for Fernando Eimbcke, Paula Markovitch

2004 Guadalajara Film Festival, Mayahuel Award - Best Sound Design for Lena Esquenazi

2004 Thessaloniki Film Festival - Best Director for Fernando Eimbcke

2005 Ariel Award, Golden Ariel

2005 Ariel Award, Silver Ariel - Best Actor for Enrique Arreola

2005 Ariel Award, Silver Ariel - Best Actress for Danny Perea

2005 Ariel Award, Silver Ariel - Best Art Direction for Diana Quiroz, Luisa Guala

2005 Ariel Award, Silver Ariel - Best Cinematography for Alexis Zabe

2005 Ariel Award, Silver Ariel - Best Direction for Fernando Eimbcke

2005 Ariel Award, Silver Ariel - Best Editing for Mariana Rodríguez

2005 Ariel Award, Silver Ariel - Best First Work - Fiction for Fernando Eimbcke

2005 Ariel Award, Silver Ariel - Best Original Score for Alejandro Rosso, Liquits

2005 Ariel Award, Silver Ariel - Best Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen for Fernando Eimbcke

2005 Ariel Award, Silver Ariel - Best Sound for Lena Esquenazi, Miguel Hernández and Antonio Diego

2005 MTV Movie Awards Mexico, Favorite Actress for Danny Perea

2005 Paris Film Festival, Special Jury Prize for Fernando Eimbcke