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Wikipedia article




'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.

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 Cuarn ('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 Catao as Moko

*Danny Perea as Rita

*Enrique Arreola as Ulises

*Carolina Politi as Flama's mother

Plot



Flama and Moko are two 14-year-old boys who have been friends for a long time. One Sunday afternoon, Flama invites Moko to play videogames while his mother is not home. There they have everything they need to entertain themselves: 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 'Puos 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 Rodrguez

*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 Hernndez and Antonio Diego

*2005 MTV Movie Awards Mexico, Favorite Actress for Danny Perea

*2005 Paris Film Festival, Special Jury Prize for Fernando Eimbcke


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