Richard Glatzer

Quincea era -- A critically-acclaimed and touching comedy about what happens when teenage sexuality, age-old rituals and real estate prices collide.

Grief -- When confident and successful Robert Cillians learns that his brother has lost a leg in Iraq, his world is turned upside down as he is forced to deal with emotions he has no experience with. Eventually he decides to regain control of his life in his

A critically-acclaimed and touching comedy about what happens when teenage sexuality, age-old rituals and real estate prices collide.

As Magdalena's (Emily Rios) 15th birthday approaches, her working class family prepares for the all-important QUINCEANERA - a lavish coming-of-age celebration. To help with expenses, Magdalena is forced to wear a hand-me-down party dress and abandon her dream of arriving in a Hummer limousine. But when her father discovers she's pregnant and refuses to believe the incredible truth - she's actually still a virgin - Magdalena moves in with her elderly Uncle Tomas (Chalo Gonzalez) and black sheep cousin Carlos (Jesse Garcia). Her newfound family is soon put to the test, however, when an unexpected crisis threatens to tear them apart, and Magdalena learns what it truly means to come of age.