Hurricane Season (2023 film)

In the village of La Matosa, a group of teenagers find the body of La Bruja, a woman both respected and feared by the community, floating in a canal. The events leading up to her murder are explored in five acts, titled for different characters and focusing on their perspectives and involvement, to produce a layered and non-linear narrative that gradually reveals the dark secrets of their town and its inhabitants.^[3]

• Edgar Treviño as La Bruja
• Paloma Alvamar as Yesenia
• Gustavo Morales as Munra
• Kat Rigoni as Norma
• Ernesto Meléndez as Brando
• Andrés Córdova as Luismi
• Conchi León as Chiquis

After reading the novel, the director Elisa Miller sought to obtain the screen rights to the work, and together with Daniela Gómez she was in charge of writing the screenplay.^[4] The film was part of the Que México se vea initiative, a Netflix project focused on promoting Mexican cinema.^[5] The film adaptation was first announced by Netflix in April 2022. Produced by Mexico's Woo Films, principal photography began in summer 2022.^[6][7] It was filmed over six weeks in the state of Tabasco, including in the municipalities of Paraíso, Jalpa de Méndez, Nacajuca, Teapa, Cárdenas and Centla.^[8] The cast includes many actors with theatre backgrounds who are performing in their first film roles.^[4]

Hurricane Season was selected to compete in the Mexican Feature Film section of the 21st Morelia International Film Festival,^[9] where the film had its world premiere on 21 October 2023.^[4] It was given a limited theatrical release before being released on Netflix on 1 November 2023.^[4]