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As Magdalena's 15th birthday approaches, her simple, blissful life is complicated by the discovery that she's pregnant. Kicked out of her house, she finds a new family with her great-granduncle and gay cousin. But the economics of the neighborhood are turning against them as a crisis develops that will threaten their way of life. Read more
| Starring | Jesus Castanos, Araceli Guzman-Rico, Emily Rios, J.R. Cruz |
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| Director | Richard Glatzer, Wash Westmoreland |
| Genres | Drama |
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As Magdalena's 15th birthday approaches, her simple, blissful life is complicated by the discovery that she's pregnant. Kicked out of her house, she finds a new family with her great-granduncle and gay cousin. But the economics of the neighborhood are turning against them as a crisis develops that will threaten their way of life.
| Starring | Jesus Castanos, Araceli Guzman-Rico, Emily Rios, J.R. Cruz, Listette Avila |
|---|---|
| Director | Richard Glatzer, Wash Westmoreland |
| Studio | IN2FILM |
| Original title | Quinceanera |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 30 mins LOVEFiLM Instant: 1 hr 26 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Drama |
| Language | DVD: Spanish, English LOVEFiLM Instant: English, Spanish |
| Subtitles | LOVEFiLM Instant: English |
| Released | Production year: 2006 On LOVEFiLM Instant: LOVEFiLM Instant: 22 May 2009 To Rent: DVD: 08 Jan 2007 |
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Enjoyable
Thankfully no hollywood over theatrics in this tale about an elderly gent who takes in his pregnant niece and homosexual nephew when they are thrown out off ... read more »
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Defiance,Trust or dare ?
Conglomeration of relationships, intertwined with despair, delights, enlightenment. Shows the stark defiance against commercial beaujouis with simple pleasures ... read more »
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Echo Park LA
A mixture of events that will always find the 'Ayes' and the 'Nays' from the general public. Personally I didn't consider it to be a film of... read more »
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not sure about the ending......
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Following up on last year's prize for Quinceanera (Echo Park, LA), two Hispanic-flavoured films triumphed in Sundance this year: in the Dramatic Competition Christopher Zalla's Padre Nuestro is a riveting thriller about an illegal immigrant making his way to New York to meet his father for the first time - but whose identity is stolen by a fellow traveler on the journey. Zalla described it simply as a story about Americans, but it couldn't be more timely, what with George Bush planning to... Read more