Quinceañera

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Quinceañera
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R,1hr 30min
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Released:
August 4, 2006
Distributor:
Sony Pictures Classics
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 quinceañera 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) ... Full Synopsis
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As smart and warmhearted an exploration of an upwardly mobile immigrant culture as American independent cinema has produced. Full Review
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72
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out of 100
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