Quinceanera /
Quinceanera is a look at what happens when teenage sexuality, age-old rituals, and real estate prices collide. It is a story fueled by the racial, class, and sexual tensions of a Latino neighborhood in transition. Magdelena (Emily Rios) is the daughter of a Mexican-American family who runs a storefr...
| Corporate Author: | |
|---|---|
| Other Authors: | , , |
| Format: | Video |
| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | In English and Spanish. |
| Published: |
[New York, New York] :
Sony Pictures Classics,
[2006]
|
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press) |
| Summary: | Quinceanera is a look at what happens when teenage sexuality, age-old rituals, and real estate prices collide. It is a story fueled by the racial, class, and sexual tensions of a Latino neighborhood in transition. Magdelena (Emily Rios) is the daughter of a Mexican-American family who runs a storefront church in Echo Park, Los Angeles. With her fifteenth birthday approaching, all she can think about is her boyfriend, her Quinceanera dress, and the Hummer Limo she hopes will carry her on her special day. But a few months before the celebration, Magdelena falls pregnant. As the eleborate preparations for her Quinceanera proceed, it's only a matter of time before her religious father finds out and rejects her. Forced out of her home, Magdalena moves in with her great-great uncle Tomas (Chalo Gonzalez), and old man who makes his living selling champurrado (a Mexican hot drink) in the street. Already living with him is Carlos (Jesse Garcia), Magdelena's cousin, a tough cholo who was thrown out by his parents. Carlos does not disguise his disapproval of Magdelena's arrival. The back house rental where Tomas has lived happily for many years is on a property that was recently purchased by an affluent white gay couple (David W. Ross and Jason L. Wood) -- pioneers of gentrification in the neighborhood. Inevitably, worlds collide when they become entangled in the lives of their tenants. As Magdelena's pregnancy grows more visible, she, Carlos, and Tomas pull together as a family of outsiders. But the economics of the neighborhood are turning against them. Ultimately, this precipitates a crisis that threatens their way of life. |
|---|---|
| Item Description: | Title from resource description page (viewed December 19, 2016). |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (91 minutes) |
| Playing Time: | 01:30:43 |
| Awards: | Won 2007 ALMA Awards, Outstanding Actor - Motion Picture Won 2006 Atlanta Film Festival, Best Narrative Film Nominated 2007 Casting Society of America USA, Best Independent Feature Film Casting Won 2007 GLAAD Media Awards, Outstanding Film - Limited Release Won 2006 Humanitas Prize, Sundance Film Category Nominated 2007 Imagen Foundation Awards, Best Actor - Film, Best Actress - Film, Best Director - Film, Best Picture, Best Supporting Actor - Film Nominated 2008 Independent Spirit Awards, Anne Clements Won 2007 Independent Spirit Awards, Writer/Director, Producer Nominated 2006 St. Louis Film Critics Association US, Best Supporting Actor Won 2006 Sundance Film Festival, Dramatic Nominated 2007 Young Artist Awards, Best Performace in a Feature Film - Leading Young Actress |