Quinceañera (2006)

Quinceañera (2006)
Directors: Richard Glatzer & Wash Westmoreland
== Synopsis ==
As Magdalena (Emily Rios)'s 15th birthday approaches, her simple, blissful life is complicated by the discovery that she's pregnant. Kicked out of her house, she finds a new family with her great-granduncle (Chalo González) and gay cousin (David W. Ross & Jason L. Wood).
== Male Deaths ==
* Chalo González [Tio Tomas]
== Female Deaths ==
* None
== Trivia ==
# Because many members of the cast were not members of the Screen Actor's Guild, Chalo González had to hand in his SAG card before he could play the role of Tio Tomas.
# The film was shot in the same neighborhood that Wash Westmoreland and Richard Glatzer (the film's writers and directors) live in, and the community turned up to help out by loaning their houses, providing technical advice, supplying clothing and acting.
# The character of Tio Tomas was based on writer/director Wash Westmoreland's great uncle.
# Because of time constraints, the producers had still not found an actor to play James just before shooting was set to start, so they asked the casting director, Jason L. Wood, to play the part, because they liked how he had read the part as the other side of dialogue during actors' auditions. Wood was hesitant to take an acting part because he was worried that it might be a conflict of interest with his career as a casting agent, but he finally relented when the producers assured him he wouldn't have to cry in the film.
# Veronica Sixtos's debut.
# Andrea Sixtos's debut.
Category:2006 Films
Category:American Films
Category:Indie Films
Category:Drama
Category:Films
Category:Films directed by Richard Glatzer
Category:Films directed by Wash Westmoreland
Category:Films by Sony Pictures Classics
Category:Independent Spirit Award Nominees
Category:Independent Spirit Award Winners
Category:Grand Jury Prize: U.S. Dramatic Nominees
Category:Grand Jury Prize: U.S. Dramatic Winners
Category:Young Artist Award Nominees
Category:Films Premiered on Sundance Film Festival