As Magdalena's fifteenth birthday approaches, her simple, blissful life is complicated by the discovery that she's pregnant. Abandoned by her boyfriend and kicked out of her house by her religious father, she finds a new family with Tomas, her great-granduncle and Carlos, her gay cousin. The latter is a tough cholo who was thrown out by his parents and does not disguise his disapproval of Magdalena's arrival. However, as Magdalena's pregnancy grows more visible, she, Carlos, and Tomas pull together as a family of outsiders, but the economics of the neighborhood are turning against them. Ultimately, this precipitates a crisis that threatens their way of life. This was a vell acted, directed and writen movie. A must see.
As Magdalena's fifteenth birthday approaches, her simple, blissful life is complicated by the discovery that she's pregnant. Abandoned by her boyfriend and kicked out of her house by her religious father, she finds a new family with Tomas, her great-granduncle and Carlos, her gay cousin. The latter is a tough cholo who was thrown out by his parents and does not disguise his disapproval of Magdalena's arrival. However, as Magdalena's pregnancy grows more visible, she, Carlos, and Tomas pull together as a family of outsiders, but the economics of the neighborhood are turning against them. Ultimately, this precipitates a crisis that threatens their way of life. This was a vell acted, directed and writen movie. A must see.
