What is the Mexican television production Quinceañera, first broadcast in 1987?

The Mexican television production Quinceañera, first broadcast in 1987, is a telenovela.

Produced in Mexico, the series starred Adela Noriega and Thalía. Its story follows young women and the social pressures surrounding adolescence, relationships, family expectations, and class. The title refers to the culturally significant fifteenth birthday rather than to a documentary record of the celebration.

A telenovela is a serialized television drama, usually produced with a planned story arc and a concluding ending. It differs from a weekly anthology, a reality competition, and a feature film. Quinceañera belongs to the long tradition of Spanish-language melodramatic television series.

The title is also shared by the 2006 American independent film directed by Richard Glatzer and Wash Westmoreland. Although both productions use the same word, they are separate works with different casts, countries of production, and formats.