Duck Season (2004)
"Temporada de patos" (original title)

Flama and Moko are fourteen years old; they have been best friends since they were kids. They have everything they need to survive yet another boring Sunday: an apartment without parents, ... See full summary »

Director:

Fernando Eimbcke

Writers:

Fernando Eimbcke, Paula Markovitch

Stars:

Diego Cataño, Daniel Miranda, Enrique Arreola

24 wins & 13 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview:
Diego Cataño	...	Moko
Daniel Miranda	...	Flama
Enrique Arreola	...	Ulises
Danny Perea	...	Rita
Carolina Politi	...	Mamá de Flama
Antonio Zúñiga	...	Señor Pulcro
Alfredo Escobar	...	Señor Sudoroso
Sara Castro	...	Señora

Storyline

Flama and Moko are fourteen years old; they have been best friends since they were kids. They have everything they need to survive yet another boring Sunday: an apartment without parents, videogames, porn magazines, soft drinks and pizza delivery. The electricity company, Rita, the neighbor, Ulises, a pizza deliveryman, eleven seconds, the Real Madrid-Manchester game, some chocolate brownies and a horrible painting of ducks, all combine to break the harmony of what promised to be a placid Sunday, and reveal issues such as the parents' divorce, loneliness, the confusion between adolescent love and friendship, as well as frustration in adult life. "Temporada de Patos" is a movie that shows that, when the lights go off, we can see the stars.

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Plot Keywords:

friend | apartment | friendship | pizza service | girl next door | 

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Taglines:

Adulthood is a moving target.

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Genres:

Comedy

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for language and some drug content

Details

Official Sites:

Official site [mx] Warner Independent Pictures [us]

Country:

Mexico

Language:

Spanish

Release Date:

14 January 2005 (Spain)

Also Known As:

Duck Season

Filming Locations:

Mexico

Box Office

Opening Weekend:

$24,658 (USA) (10 March 2006)

Gross:

$146,694 (USA) (28 April 2006)

Company Credits

Production Co:

CinePantera, Esperanto Filmoj, Fidecine

Technical Specs

Runtime:

90 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Quotes

Rita: [to Moko] Memory can be exercised. Of course you have to care about things to remember them.

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Crazy Credits

At the end of the credits, Flama's mother appears hysterical looking at all the mess they made.

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Connections

Features Halo (2001)

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Soundtracks

"Puto"
Written by Ismael Fuentes de Garay
Performed by Molotov

User Reviews

True Feeling

This movie is brilliantly written. If any have seen Y tu Mama Tambien, the writer found a way to basically condense the time of that movie (which was over a period of many months) to the time frame of this movie (which is less than a day). It provokes a very similar feeling at the end of the movie- a feeling of absence, of lost friendship, a feeling of a life now changed. The whole movie itself, until the ending, captures the lives of these two boys in such a short amount of time. You can see a strong friendship that (even though you only see 8 hours of it) you can tell what the whole lifelong friendship was like. There is hilarious dialogue that takes place, and some very funny things. I think many people may not get the humor of a lot of it, but most will enjoy the randomness/hilarity of a lot of the dialogue. The filming is a bit uncomfortable at first, as the camera doesn't move and just stays put. After a while, it becomes much more comfortable- where you suddenly feel like you are a fly on the wall. This was a good choice by the director, and it really made the movie!

Brilliant!