This film takes a real look at what happens when teenage sexuality, age-old rituals, and real estate prices collide. It is fueled by the racial, class, and sexual tensions of a Latino neighborhood in transition. Magdalena (Emily Rios) is the daughter of a Mexican-American family who runs a storefront church in Echo Park, Los Angeles. With her fifteenth-birthday fast approaching, all she can think about is her boyfriend, her debutante dress, and the Hummer Limo she hopes will carry her on her special day. But a few months before the celebration, Magdalena becomes pregnant. When her father learns about it, she is thrown out of the house immediately without any second thought. She then runs to her great-great uncle Tomas (Chalo Gonzalez), an old man who makes his living selling champurrado (a Mexican hot drink) in the street who is already looking after Carlos (Jesse Garcia), her cousin, a tough-looking cute cholo who was thrown out by his parents for being gay. When a crisis arises, the three of them pull together as one family.
It’s no wonder why QUINCEAÑERA grabbed the major awards in Sundance for it is no ordinary film. It is a film that has given a better insight of the Latinos living in the US and remarkably, the majority of great acting is provided by amateurs. Brilliant!
(In ENGLISH and some parts in SPANISH with ENGLISH subtitles)
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This is one of my all time favorite movies actually! Being latino, its hard to come across films that appropriately depict the culture and aren't afraid to be honest. I saw this back in high school, and this is a really fantastic film. Great pic. :)
and Jesse Garcia is gorgeous, which doesn't hurt. ;)
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