The 2006 Sundance-winning film centered on a Los Angeles quinceañera is titled Quinceañera.
The film follows Magdalena, a pregnant teenager whose family rejects her after learning that she is expecting a child. She moves in with her cousin Carlos and great-uncle Tomas, while the planned quinceañera remains an important focus of family expectations and community life.
Richard Glatzer and Wash Westmoreland wrote and directed the film. At the 2006 Sundance Film Festival, it won the Dramatic Grand Jury Prize and the Audience Award.
The film is sometimes confused with documentaries or reality programs about actual quinceañeras. It is a fictional independent drama. Its title uses the same Spanish term associated with the fifteenth-birthday celebration, but the movie explores social and family issues beyond the party itself.