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Temporada de patos

IMDb ID: tt0407246 · Year: 2004 · Rating: 7.2 (5,004 votes)

Genres: Comedy · Drama

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 an...

IMDb Details

Content TypeMovieAlternate TitlesSweden: Duck Season
United States: Duck Season
World-wide: Duck Season (English)
Brazil: Temporada de Patos
Portugal: Temporada de Patos
Norway: Andejakt
Hungary: Kacsaszezon
France: Mexican Kids (DVD Title)
Germany: Mexican kids - Temporada de patos
Estonia: Pardihooaeg
Poland: Sezon na kaczki
Mexico: Temporada de patos
Greece: Το κυνήγι της πάπιας
Russia: Утиная охота
Japan: ダック・シーズン (Japanese)
China: 半熟少年 (Mandarin)
Утиная охота
Content RatingRRelease Date2004-10-22Runtime90 minutesMetascore74IMDb Popularity0User Reviews38Critic Reviews70Countries / RegionsMexicoLanguagesSpanishKeywordsfriend
apartment
friendship
marijuana
bathtub
Filming LocationsMexicoProduction CompaniesCinePantera
Esperanto Filmoj
Fidecine
Official SitesOfficial site (Mexico) - http://www.temporadadepatos.com/
Warner Independent Pictures (United States) - http://wip.warnerbros.com/duckseason/
IMDb URLhttps://www.imdb.com/title/tt0407246/Local Poster/d/file/imdb/04/tt0407246.jpgUpdated At2026-04-29T11:21:14

Stars

Diego Cataño
Daniel Miranda
Enrique Arreola
Danny Perea
Carolina Politi
Antonio Zúñiga
Alfredo Escobar
Sara Castro

Directors

Fernando Eimbcke

Writers

Fernando Eimbcke
Paula Markovitch

Full Cast & Crew

[Cast Group]
Actor: Diego Cataño | Character: Moko
Actor: Daniel Miranda | Character: Flama
Actor: Enrique Arreola | Character: Ulises
Actor: Danny Perea | Character: Rita
Actor: Carolina Politi | Character: Mamá de Flama
Actor: Antonio Zúñiga | Character: Señor Pulcro
Actor: Alfredo Escobar | Character: Señor Sudoroso
Actor: Sara Castro | Character: Señora

[Directors Group]
Name: Fernando Eimbcke | Role: Director

[Writers Group]
Name: Fernando Eimbcke | Role: Writer
Name: Paula Markovitch | Role: Writer

[Producers Group]
Name: Jaime Bernardo Ramos | Role: Producer
Name: Frida Torresblanco | Role: Producer
Name: Christian Valdelièvre | Role: Producer

[Music Group]
Name: Liquits | Role: Composer

[Cinematography Group]
Name: Alexis Zabe | Role: Cinematographer

[Editing Group]
Name: Mariana Rodríguez | Role: Editor

[Casting Group]
Name: Andrea Abbiati | Role: Casting Director
Name: Rocío Belmont | Role: Casting Director
Name: Isabel Cortázar | Role: Casting Director

[Production Design Group]
Name: Diana Quiroz | Role: Production Designer

[Set Decoration Group]
Name: Luisa Guala | Role: Set Decorator

[Costume Design Group]
Name: Lissi De la Concha | Role: Costume Designer

[Makeup Department]
Name: Lissi De la Concha | Role: Makeup Department

[Production Management]
Name: Tlacateotl Mata | Role: Production Manager
Name: Linda Ramos | Role: Production Manager

[Assistant Directors]
Name: Mariana Silva | Role: Second Unit or Assistant Director

[Art Department]
Name: Amellali González | Role: Art Department
Name: Francisco 'Taca' Ramírez | Role: Art Department

[Sound Department]
Name: Antonio Diego | Role: Sound Department
Name: Lena Esquenazi | Role: Sound Department
Name: Miguel Hernández | Role: Sound Department
Name: Dan Paikin | Role: Sound Department
Name: Sergio Zavala | Role: Sound Department

[Visual Effects]
Name: Max Blasquez | Role: Visual Effects

[Camera and Electrical Department]
Name: Alex Fenton | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Carlos Somonte | Role: Camera and Electrical Department

[Editorial Department]
Name: Fabian García | Role: Editorial Department
Name: Isaac Molina | Role: Editorial Department

[Location Management]
Name: Benjamin Cabral | Role: Location Management
Name: Luis Ruiz Tena | Role: Location Management

[Music Department]
Name: Alejandro Rosso | Role: Music Department

[Production Department]
Name: Alejandra Cerrillo | Role: Production Department

[Script and Continuity Department]
Name: Gabriela Herrera | Role: Script and Continuity Department

[Additional Crew]
Name: Luis Aguilar | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Bob Buchholz | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Felipe Cazals | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Alex Del Pilar | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Luis Aguilar Maxi | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Alfonso Gerardo Monroy | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Mario P. Székely | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Saul Zuñiga | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Gérard Estival | Role: Additional Crew

Trailers

IMDb Video Gallery: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0407246/videogallery/

Release Schedule

Mexico: March 2004 (Guadalajara Film Festival)
France: May 14, 2004 (Cannes Film Festival)
Canada: September 15, 2004 (Toronto International Film Festival)
Mexico: October 22, 2004
Spain: October 27, 2004 (Valladolid International Film Festival)
Greece: November 21, 2004 (Thessaloniki International Film Festival)
Spain: January 14, 2005
Sweden: February 4, 2005 (Göteborg Film Festival)
Australia: February 19, 2005 (Adelaide Film Festival)
United Kingdom: March 11, 2005
France: March 13, 2005 (Toulouse Latin America Film Festival)
Argentina: March 14, 2005 (Mar del Plata Film Festival)
France: April 1, 2005 (Paris Film Festival)
France: April 20, 2005
Switzerland: May 4, 2005 (French speaking region)
Hungary: May 5, 2005
Portugal: June 2, 2005
Netherlands: June 9, 2005
China: June 11, 2005 (Shanghai International Film Festival)
Switzerland: August 18, 2005 (German speaking region)
Greece: September 8, 2005 (limited)
Poland: October 7, 2005 (Warsaw Film Festival)
Norway: December 9, 2005
Argentina: December 22, 2005
Czech Republic: March 9, 2006
United States: March 10, 2006 (Los Angeles, California)
United States: March 10, 2006 (New York City, New York)
Japan: May 13, 2006 (Tokyo)
Germany: December 2, 2006 (Around the World in 14 Films Festival)
Germany: September 23, 2009 (subtitled version, TV premiere)
Poland: April 29, 2011
Mexico: October 25, 2014 (Morelia International Film Festival)
Portugal: February 7, 2026 (Porto, Batalha Centro de Cinema)

Awards

Winner | 2004 | Thessaloniki Film Festival | Best Director | Fernando Eimbcke, Duck Season
Nominee | 2004 | Thessaloniki Film Festival | Golden Alexander | Fernando Eimbcke, Duck Season
Nominee | 2007 | Chlotrudis Awards | Chlotrudis Award | Best Director | Fernando Eimbcke, Duck Season
Nominee | 2007 | Chlotrudis Awards | Chlotrudis Award | Best Movie | Duck Season
Nominee | 2007 | Chlotrudis Awards | Chlotrudis Award | Best Performance by an Ensemble Cast | Duck Season
Nominee | 2007 | Chlotrudis Awards | Chlotrudis Award | Best Supporting Actor | Enrique Arreola, Duck Season
Winner | 2005 | Ariel Awards, Mexico | Golden Ariel | Best Picture (Mejor Película) | Duck Season
Winner | 2005 | Ariel Awards, Mexico | Silver Ariel | Best Direction (Mejor Dirección) | Fernando Eimbcke, Duck Season
Winner | 2005 | Ariel Awards, Mexico | Silver Ariel | Best Actress (Mejor Actriz) | Danny Perea, Duck Season
Winner | 2005 | Ariel Awards, Mexico | Silver Ariel | Best Actor (Mejor Actor) | Enrique Arreola, Duck Season
Winner | 2005 | Ariel Awards, Mexico | Silver Ariel | Best Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen (Mejor Guión Cinematográfico Original) | Fernando Eimbcke, Duck Season
Winner | 2005 | Ariel Awards, Mexico | Silver Ariel | Best Cinematography (Mejor Fotografía) | Alexis Zabe, Duck Season
Winner | 2005 | Ariel Awards, Mexico | Silver Ariel | Best Editing (Mejor Edición) | Mariana Rodríguez, Duck Season
Winner | 2005 | Ariel Awards, Mexico | Silver Ariel | Best Original Score (Mejor Música Compuesta para Cine) | Alejandro Rosso, Liquits, Duck Season
Winner | 2005 | Ariel Awards, Mexico | Silver Ariel | Best Sound (Mejor Sonido) | Lena Esquenazi, Miguel Hernández, Antonio Diego, Duck Season
Winner | 2005 | Ariel Awards, Mexico | Silver Ariel | Best Art Direction (Mejor Diseño de Arte) | Diana Quiroz, Luisa Guala, Duck Season
Nominee | 2005 | Ariel Awards, Mexico | Silver Ariel | Best Costume Design (Mejor Vestuario) | Lissi De la Concha, Duck Season
Winner | 2005 | Ariel Awards, Mexico | Silver Ariel | Best First Work - Fiction (Mejor Ópera Prima Ficcón) | Fernando Eimbcke, Duck Season
Winner | 2004 | Guadalajara International Film Festival | Mayahuel Award | Best Film - National Jury | Fernando Eimbcke, Duck Season
Winner | 2004 | Guadalajara International Film Festival | Mayahuel Award | Best Actor | Enrique Arreola, Duck Season | Tied with Roberto Espejo for Pink Punch (2004).
Winner | 2004 | Guadalajara International Film Festival | Mayahuel Award | Best Director | Fernando Eimbcke, Duck Season
Winner | 2004 | Guadalajara International Film Festival | Mayahuel Award | Best Actress | Danny Perea, Duck Season
Winner | 2004 | Guadalajara International Film Festival | Mayahuel Award | Best Screenplay | Fernando Eimbcke, Paula Markovitch, Duck Season
Winner | 2004 | Guadalajara International Film Festival | Mayahuel Award | Best Original Score | Alejandro Rosso, Duck Season
Winner | 2004 | Guadalajara International Film Festival | Mayahuel Award | Best Sound Design | Lena Esquenazi, Duck Season
Winner | 2004 | Guadalajara International Film Festival | FIPRESCI Prize | Fernando Eimbcke, Duck Season
Nominee | 2006 | Golden Trailer Awards | Golden Trailer | Best Foreign Comedy Trailer | Duck Season
Nominee | 2006 | Film Independent Spirit Awards | Independent Spirit Award | Best Foreign Film | Fernando Eimbcke, Duck Season | Mexico.
Winner | 2004 | AFI Fest | Grand Jury Prize | Fernando Eimbcke, Duck Season
Winner | 2005 | Paris Film Festival | Special Jury Prize | Fernando Eimbcke, Duck Season
Nominee | 2005 | Paris Film Festival | Grand Prix | Fernando Eimbcke, Duck Season
Winner | 2003 | MTV Movie Awards, Mexico | Special Award | Fernando Eimbcke, Duck Season | To a promising movie director.
Nominee | 2005 | MTV Movie Awards, Mexico | MTV Movie Award | Favorite Movie (Película de la Gente) | Duck Season
Nominee | 2005 | MTV Movie Awards, Mexico | MTV Movie Award | Favorite Actor (Actor Favorito) | Diego Cataño, Duck Season
Winner | 2005 | MTV Movie Awards, Mexico | MTV Movie Award | Favorite Actress (Actriz Favorita) | Danny Perea, Duck Season
Nominee | 2005 | MTV Movie Awards, Mexico | MTV Movie Award | Favorite Song for a Movie (Mejor Rola Peliculera) | Natalia Lafourcade, Duck Season | For the song "El Pato".
Nominee | 2004 | Valladolid International Film Festival | Golden Spike | Best Film | Fernando Eimbcke, Duck Season
Winner | 2005 | Lima Latin American Film Festival | Best First Work | First Prize | Fernando Eimbcke, Duck Season
Nominee | 2006 | Village Voice Film Poll | VVFP Award | Best First Feature | Duck Season | 2nd place. Tied with Little Miss Sunshine (2006).

Box Office

Argentina: USD 7859
Mexico: USD 555813
Domestic: USD 147551
Period: Jan 1 – Dec 31, 2004 | Rank: 119 | Weeks in release: 1 | Theaters: 65 | Gross to date: USD 555813 | Interval gross: USD 555813 | Per theater average: USD 8550