Hunting Season (Temporada de Caza)
Qumra Projects
Natalia Garagiola / Feature Narrative / Argentina, France, Germany, United States of America, Qatar / 2017 / Colour
In Spanish / English subtitles
Interests: Drama, Family, Coming of age
Rated: Mature subject matter which may not be suitable for minors. Parental guidance is strongly advised.Individuals under the age of 15 are not admitted into cinemas.
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Synopsis
After his mother dies, 17-year-old Nahuel is shipped from Buenos Aires to the south of Argentina to live with his estranged father Ernesto, whom he has not seen in over a decade, for the three months until he turns 18. Nahuel’s response to the loss of his mother is one of arrogant, sometimes violent defiance; his already troubled relationship with his father leaves them at odds. A hunting guide, Ernesto takes Nahuel out with his team, teaching him how to use a rifle and survive in the wilderness. As the young man learns to fit in with the locals, the rancour between father and son begins to fade and Nahuel comes to understand the intricacies of mature relationships and adult emotions.
Sidestepping the standard tropes of back-to-roots tales, with ‘Hunting Season’, director Natalia Garagiola takes a city boy to the country, where the familiar – family and teenage excess – are made strange (Ernesto’s five rambunctious young daughters in particular are a far cry from what Nahuel is accustomed to). The mountainous expanse of wintry Patagonia proves the perfect locale for coming of age, as Nahuel is faced with death and mourning, love and sorrow, regret and hope.
About the Director
Born in Buenos Aires, Natalia Garagiola graduated from the Universidad del Cine, where she later taught. In 2004, she obtained an MA in Screenwriting from FIA-UIMP in Spain. She also took part in the Experimental Film Lab at the Universidad Di Tella in Buenos Aires. Her videos ‘Track’ (2007) and ‘Square’ (2008) were selected for Videoformes Video Art & Digital Cultures. She has written and directed three short films: ‘Rincón de López’ (2011), released at BAFICI; ‘Mares and Parakeets’ (2012), which premiered in the Cannes Critics’ Week, and ‘Sundays’, which premiered in the 2014 Cannes Director’s Fortnight. ‘Hunting Season’ is her first feature-length film.
Credits
- Director
- Natalia Garagiola
- Screenwriter
- Natalia Garagiola
- Producer
- Santiago Gallelli, Benjamín Domenech, Matías Roveda, Gonzalo Tobal
- Editor
- Gonzalo Tobal
- Music
- Juan Tobal
- Cinematographer
- Fernando Lockett
- Sales Company
- AlphaViolet
- Production Company
- Rei Cine
- Cast
- German Palacios, Boy Olmi, Lautaro Bettoni, Rita Pauls, Pilar Benitez, Diana Szeinblum