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Movie
QuinceaƱera
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 quinceaƱera 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. Produced in part by Todd Haynes, QuinceaƱera received its premiere at the 2006 Sundance Film Festival.
Cast
- Emily Rios
- Jesus Castanos-Chima
- Jesse GarcĆa
- Alicia Sixtos
- J.R. Cruz
- Chalo Gonzalez
- David W. Ross
- Jason L. Wood
- Araceli Guzman-Rico
- Listette Avila
- GermƔn Campos
- Johnny Chavez
- Carmen Aguirre
- Jorge Ortiz
- Aris Taylor Mendoza
- Alicia Flamenco
- Bertha Flamenco
- Ćlex SĆ”nchez
- Micah Schifman
- James Claude
- Dane Rosselli
- Danny Vasquez
- Joanie Tomsky
- Hector Quevedo
- Carlos Linares
- Margarita Lugo
- Veronica Sixtos
- Valentin Martinez Medina
- Jasiel Flamenco
- Alexandra Escamilla
- Marlene Flamenco
- Frankie Loyal
- Rebecca Lopez
- Blanca Reyes
- Bob Murphy
- Daniel Vasquez
- Martha Orloff
- Teresa Michelle Ruiz
- Terah Gisolo
- Laura Ann Masura
- Andy Bishop
- Ingrid Eggertsen
- Art Aroustamian
- Angela Muller
- Yvonne Mojica-Nelson
- Johnny B.
- Jason Rodriguez
- Clay Zimmerman
- Robin Katz
- Richard Glatzer
- Todd Haynes
- Denise Hudson
- Jonah Markowitz
- Mihail Koulakis
- J. Evan Shapiro
- Avi Raccah
- Eric Steelberg
- Wash Westmoreland
- Nick Boyias
- Jason L. Wood
- Jessica Flaherty