Hurricane Season (2023 film)

Hurricane Season
Theatrical release poster
SpanishTemporada de huracanes
Directed byElisa Miller
Screenplay by
  • Daniela Gómez
  • Elisa Miller
Based onHurricane Season
by Fernanda Melchor
Starring
  • Edgar Treviño
  • Paloma Alvamar
  • Gustavo Morales
  • Kat Rigoni
  • Ernesto Meléndez
  • Andrés Córdova
CinematographyMaría Secco[1]
Edited by
  • Paulina Del Paso[1]
  • Miguel Schverdfinger[1]
Music byHéctor Ruiz[1]
Production
company
Woo Films
Distributed byNetflix
Release dates
  • 21 October 2023 (2023-10-21) (FICM)
  • 1 November 2023 (2023-11-01) (Netflix)
Running time
99 minutes[1]
CountryMexico
LanguageSpanish

Hurricane Season (Spanish: Temporada de huracanes) is a 2023 Mexican drama film directed by Elisa Miller, from a screenplay she wrote with Daniela Gómez. It is based on the 2017 novel of the same name by Fernanda Melchor.[2] The film begins with a group of teenagers who discover the corpse of La Bruja, a woman respected and feared by the community, floating in a canal near the village of La Matosa in the state of Veracruz.

The film premiered on 21 October 2023 at the Morelia International Film Festival, where Miller and Gómez won the Best Screenplay award. It was released on Netflix on 1 November 2023. It received 11 nominations at the 66th Ariel Awards, and won 3 awards: Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Editing and Best Makeup.

  1. ^ a b c d e "Temporada de huracanes" (in Spanish). Cineteca Nacional México. Archived from the original on 14 November 2023. Retrieved 14 November 2023.
  2. ^ "Netflix adaptará "Temporada de huracanes", de Fernanda Melchor; guionista y directora ofrece disculpas por adelantadolchor". El Universal (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 26 October 2023. Retrieved 26 October 2023.