What was the original working title of the 2006 film Quinceañera?

The original working title of the 2006 film Quinceañera was Echo Park.

That title referred to the Los Angeles neighborhood where the story is set. The finished title, Quinceañera, instead highlights the central celebration and makes the film’s cultural subject immediately clear to audiences unfamiliar with the neighborhood.

Changing a title during development or distribution is common when filmmakers and distributors want to communicate a film’s theme more directly. In this case, both titles describe an important part of the movie: one identifies the community, while the other identifies the life event that drives the plot.

Echo Park should not be confused with the film’s release title. The theatrical film is known as Quinceañera, but Echo Park is the earlier title associated with its development and setting.