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Duck Season

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Initially, adolescents Flama (Daniel Miranda) and Moko (Diego Cataño) are enjoying what promises to be an uneventful Sunday at Flama's. Then the electricity goes out. Next, they meet Rita (Danny Perea), a pretty teenage girl who lives next door, and pizza deliveryman Ulises (Enrique Arreola) -- both on their own missions. After joining forces, the four learn some eye-opening lessons about love, loneliness and what grown-up life inevitably has in store for everyone.
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This modest cinematic slice-of-life manages to subtly capture many small but resonant and truthful moments of adolescence.

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Nick Schager Lessons of Darkness A nuanced, authentic portrait of adolescent ennui and maturation that treats pre-teen emotions with a Jim Jarmusch-ian brand of detached sympathy and bemusement. Rated: B+ Dec 27, 2006 Full Review David Edelstein New York Magazine/Vulture The fullness of Duck Season is in direct proportion to its smallness; its modesty makes it bloom. May 12, 2006 Full Review Terry Lawson Detroit Free Press Effortlessly nonchalant in its observations of kids and the way the world looks to them. Rated: 3/4 Apr 21, 2006 Full Review Gisela Savdie El Heraldo Convincing performances, intelligent dialogues, and a particular sense of humor. [Full review in Spanish] Oct 6, 2022 Full Review Lawrence Ferber The Advocate There's a winning truth to this portrayal of emerging adolescent queemess -- as a confusing, awkward, yet compelling urge that's nonetheless easily set aside when a cool video game or fresh pizza is around. May 27, 2022 Full Review Richard Propes TheIndependentCritic.com Eimbcke pieces together scenes with Rita and the young boys that are sweet, sensitive, a touch flirty, and sometimes innocently awkward. Rated: 3.0/4.0 Sep 6, 2020 Full Review Read all reviews

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HMF B I don't understand the Tomatometer and Popcornmeter ratings for this movie. It is extremely rare that I do not finish a movie but after 30 minutes I could not continue. I enjoyed the children's characters and understood them, I appreciated the photography and the atmosphere but I could not stand the young woman and the delivery man's characters and what they were doing there. I enjoy simple and slow reflective movies such as Perfect Days and grew up on French movies. But this movie was simply boring to me. Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 09/04/25 Full Review Mariana R esta para verla comiendo brownies Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 12/08/23 Full Review Mariana A Reminded me of the solitude felt as a child when parents were away.... a solitude that was strange, mysterious, scary but also liberating... since often adults were just as distant from us [even if they were present] as life itself. The movie is quite slow so not everyone's cup of tea, it focuses more on the mundane and the little moments that might seem insignificant, but the mundane is truly what shapes our lives. Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 12/22/22 Full Review Audience Member Two young teen boys stay home on a Sunday afternoon while one of their mother's is out. Their plan is to eat pizza, drink Coke and play Halo, but their plan is thwarted by a power outage. They're joined by a young woman who lives down the hall who needs to use their oven, and a pizza delivery guy who refuses to leave when they refuse to pay him. Lots of shit unfolds between the four as they spend the whole day in a small apartment together. This is an amazingly entertaining little film from Mexico Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/01/23 Full Review Audience Member Original y divertida. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/13/23 Full Review Audience Member Unique, fun and intriguing. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/24/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Fernando Eimbcke

Director

Enrique Arreola

Ulises

Diego Cataño

Moko

Daniel Miranda

Flama

Danny Perea

Rita

Carolina Politi

Flama's Mother

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Synopsis Initially, adolescents Flama (Daniel Miranda) and Moko (Diego Cataño) are enjoying what promises to be an uneventful Sunday at Flama's. Then the electricity goes out. Next, they meet Rita (Danny Perea), a pretty teenage girl who lives next door, and pizza deliveryman Ulises (Enrique Arreola) -- both on their own missions. After joining forces, the four learn some eye-opening lessons about love, loneliness and what grown-up life inevitably has in store for everyone.
Director
Fernando Eimbcke
Producer
Jaime Bernardo Ramos
Screenwriter
Fernando Eimbcke, Paula Marcovich
Rating
R (Some Drug Content|Language)
Genre
Comedy, LGBTQ+
Original Language
Spanish
Rerelease Date (Theaters)
Mar 10, 2006
Release Date (Streaming)
May 7, 2015
Box Office (Gross USA)
$146.7K
Runtime
1h 27m