María García is the owner of “Dos Estaciones”, a once-majestic tequila factory struggling to stay afloat and the final hold-over from generations of Mexican-owned tequila plants in the highlands of Jalisco; the rest have folded to foreign corporations. María knows that her current financial situation is untenable. Despite a persistent plague and an unexpected flood, she does everything she can to save her community’s main source of economy and pride.

“DOS ESTACIONES is an angry film, and rightfully so, but it is also an achingly human and disarmingly beautiful one. María is never more relaxed than while receiving a massage at Tatín’s salon, which places her in a meditative reverie not unlike the one we find ourselves in throughout the picture, which moves at a measured but never less than wholly transfixing pace.” (www.rogerebert.com)

Juan Pablo González, born in Mexico in 1984, works as a film director, screenwriter and editor. His work includes both feature films and documentaries. In them, he focuses primarily on his home region of Atotonilco el Alto. In 2015, Filmmaker Magazine included him in its list of “25 New Faces of Independent Film”. DOS ESTACIONES is his feature film debut.

Filmografie (selection): 2014 SOLITUDE OF MEMORY, 2015 LA ESPERA, 2017 LAS NUBES (all short films), 2018 CABALLERANGO, 2022 DOS ESTACIONES

Awards (selection): Grand Jury Prize for Best Narrative Feature (Independent Film Festival of Boston, USA 2022), Special Jury Award “World Cinema Dramatic” to Teresa Sánchez (Sundance Film Festival, USA 2022)