Temporada de patos (2004)

Directed by

Fernando Eimbcke

Genre

drama film, comedy film

Country

Mexico

Runtime

1h 24m

Rating

7.1 of 10 from 84 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Two teenage friends spend a Sunday afternoon in a Mexico City apartment. Their plans shift when the pizza delivery boy arrives and they end up sharing the day together.

slow-burnsunnyunderstatedplayfulintimatebittersweetlow-key

What happens

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 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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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