
FIFTEEN CANDLES Rios is the gal at the gala in the coming-of-age indie fave Quinceañera
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Rated: R; DVD Release Date: Jan 09, 2007; Genre: Drama; With: Jesse Garcia and Emily Rios; Distributor: Sony Pictures Classics
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Quinceañera the Sundance favorite centering on the titular extravagant 15th-birthday celebrations glimpses the lives of two Mexican cousins (Jesse Garcia and Emily Rios) as they struggle with such issues as pregnancy, sexuality, and gentrification.
EXTRAS A grainy ''homemade'' quinceañera video modeled frame for frame on a party that writer-directors Richard Glatzer and Wash Westmoreland attended; a nostalgic commentary with the stars and creators; a short making-of, which reveals that the pair wrote the gritty, heartfelt script in only three weeks. A-
Posted Jan 12, 2007
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