Quincea�era

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DVD Released (Y/M/D): 2007-01-09

Genre: Drama

Director: Richard Glatzer , Wash Westmoreland

Stars: Emily Rios , Jesse Garcia , Chalo Gonzalez , J.R. Cruz , Araceli Guzman-Rico , Jesus Castanos , David W. Ross , Alicia Sixtos , Listette Avila , Germ�n Campos , Carlos Linares , Johnny Chavez , Carmen Aguirre , Margarita Lugo

MPAA Rating: R

Synopsis: A Hispanic teenager travels the rough road to adult responsibility earlier than she expected in this independent drama. Magdalena (Emily Rios) is a young Latina who is looking forward to her upcoming quincea�era celebration -- the 15th birthday party that marks the passage into adulthood for Mexican-American women. Magdalena's expectations are raised by the lavish party her older cousin Eileen (Alicia Sixtos) gets for the occasion, but Magdalena's mother (Araceli Guzman-Rico) and father (Jesus Castanos-Chima) insist on a lower-key affair that will focus on the more responsible aspects of grown-up life. However, Magdalena gets a crash course in that subject when she discovers she's pregnant with the child of her boyfriend, Herman (J.R. Cruz); life at home becomes unbearable for her, and she leaves to live with her more sympathetic uncle, Tio Thomas (Chalo Gonzalez). Home for Tio Thomas and Magdalena is a small apartment in a building owned by James (Jason L. Wood) and Gary (David W. Ross), a gay couple looking to gentrify the neighborhood. Magdalena strikes up a friendship with her cousin Carlos (Jesse Garcia), a roughneck teen with a good heart who is also on the outs with his family when they discover he's experimenting with his sexuality. Source: Sony Pictures Classics

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