''Temporada de patos'' (released as ''Duck Season'' in the

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film. It is the first feature film by writer/director,

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videoclip director. After being successfully featured in national and international film festivals such as the

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it was sold to distributors in six

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an countries. The movie has been praised in all of these festivals as well as by directors such as

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''). 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 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,

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, sodas, manga pornography and... no parents. But when the power goes out what seemed like a regular day becomes an adventure.

Awards

*2004

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, Grand Jury Prize for Fernando Eimbcke *2004

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, 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

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- Best Director for Fernando Eimbcke *2005

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, 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

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, Favorite Actress for Danny Perea *2005

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, Special Jury Prize for Fernando Eimbcke

External links

Warner Independent's ''Duck Season'' site
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2004 films 2004 comedy films Best First Work Ariel Award winners Best Picture Ariel Award winners Films directed by Fernando Eimbcke 2000s Spanish-language films Warner Independent Pictures films Mexican comedy films 2000s Mexican films