Fjortonåriga Magdalena är sin faders stolthet, en skötsam flicka som lever med sin familj i Echo Park, Los Angeles. Bara månader innan Magdalenas quinceañera – festen som ska fira hennes inträde i vuxenlivet – upptäcker hennes familj att hon är gravid. Magdalenas far, en djupt troende präst, blir vansinnig och hon bestämmer sig för att flytta in hos sin gammelgammelmorbror Tomas och sin kusin Carlos.
En hänsynslös, mörkt komisk kriminalthriller om de udda hantlangarna till lokala kartellkungen Teddy, som kidnappar och mördar papperslösa invandrare för att skörda deras organ. Ett minne från Teddys förflutna gör sig påmint när en njurtransplantation blir akut, och trådar knyts ihop medan spänningen eskalerar.
Nothing is more important to Mexican-American Marta Delacruz than her quinceanera -- the traditional 15th birthday celebration that symbolically ushers a young girl into adulthood. Marta is understandably angry and resentful when her father cancels the gala event, but her outlook changes completely when she accidentally uncovers her father's secret: He never became a U.S. citizen.
Lola is looking forward to her birthday tomorrow. The 15th is widely celebrated in Mexico as a rite of passage. At the so-called Quinceañera Lola is allowed to dress up, the pink princess dress and the golden shoes are already ready. But first she has to help her uncle out one evening as a waitress.
Following the death of her brother, filmmaker Robie Flores returns to her hometown Eagle Pass on the Texas/Mexico border, wanting to turn back time. She collides with unruly experiences of adolescence – quinceañeras, Rio Grande river excursions, teen makeovers and beyond – that invite her to soak up the details of the home her brother adored and she ignored. What emerges is a playful dance between a personal and collective coming-of-age portrait of kids on the border and Robie herself as she rediscovers the possibilities of joy in the aftermath of grief.
A documentary on the day to day work of a fabric shop located in Once, a neighborhood in Buenos Aires, that caters to future brides, godmothers and quinceañeras. The shop is owned by the directors' father.
