The 2006 independent film about Magdalena’s disrupted celebration is titled Quinceañera.
The film follows Magdalena, a pregnant teenager whose family initially rejects her. She finds support with her cousin Carlos and great-granduncle Tomas, while the planned quinceañera becomes a lens for examining family expectations and social change.
Quinceañera was directed by Richard Glatzer and Wash Westmoreland. It is a feature film rather than a documentary about the general tradition, and its title uses the Spanish term for the celebration and the girl associated with it.
The title is sometimes mistaken for Fifteen Candles, an unrelated 1984 American comedy whose name also evokes adolescence. The two works are different films, with different stories, years, and cultural settings.