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Film: Quinceanera. 7 pm
CBC Auditorium. Winner of the Dramatic Grand Jury Prize and Audience Award at
the 2006 Sundance Film Festival, QUINCEAÑERA is a captivating tale of a
teenager facing womanhood. Emily Rios gives a terrific performance as
Magdalena, who wants everything to be perfect for her quinceañera--the
celebration of her 15th birthday. But her preacher father (Jesus
Castaños-Chima) can't afford a new dress for her (instead, she has to wear a
hand-me-down) and won't let her ride in a Hummer limo like her cousin Maria
(Araceli Guzman-Rico) did for her party. Things become even worse when she gets
pregnant--even though she swears she has never had sex with her boyfriend,
Herman (J.R. Cruz), or anyone else. So Magdalena runs away to live with her
great-uncle Tomas (Chalo Gonzalez as a gentle, sweet old man) and her cousin
Carlos (Jesse Garcia), the troubled black sheep of the family who is curiously
attracted to Tio Tomas's new gay landlords (David W. Ross and Jason L. Wood).
As Magdalena's quinceañera approaches, so many changes--and secrets--threaten
to tear her family apart.