What 2006 film is also known by the alternate title Echo Park, L.A.?

Quinceañera is the 2006 film also known by the alternate title Echo Park, L.A.

The film uses the quinceañera as both a title and a major narrative event. It centers on Magdalena, a teenager in Los Angeles preparing for her fifteenth-birthday celebration while confronting family tensions and an unexpected pregnancy. The setting is especially important because the story portrays a Mexican American neighborhood rather than treating the celebration as an isolated spectacle.

Richard Glatzer and Wash Westmoreland co-directed the film. It premiered at the Sundance Film Festival and earned the Grand Jury Prize and Audience Award in the dramatic competition. Those awards helped bring an independent film about Latino family life and urban community to a broader audience.

Echo Park, L.A. is an alternate title, not a separate movie. The title can cause confusion because Echo Park is also the Los Angeles neighborhood where much of the film takes place.