In Echo Park, Los Angeles, Hispanic teenager Eileen May Garcia (Alicia Sixtos) has a fifteen years old party. Her cousin Magdalena (Emily Rios) is fourteen years old and will be the next in the family to celebrate the "quinceañera". Her father runs a storefront church and cannot afford an expensive party, so Magdalena will wear her cousin's dress and dreams of arriving in a limousine like Eileen did. However, her dreams are shattered when she finds that she is pregnant by her boyfriend Herman (J. R. Cruz), in spite of being virgin. Her father kicks her out and she moves in with her elderly great-uncle Tomas Alvarez (Chalo Gonzales), and his troublemaker gay nephew Carlos (Jesse Garcia). Tomas makes his living by selling champurrado, a Mexican hot drink, in the street. Carlos works at a car wash and has been disowned by his parents because he is gay. He disapproves of Magdalena's arrival. The house is on land that was recently bought by a rich older white gay couple, the beginning of gentrification in the neighborhood. Worlds collide when they become entangled in the lives of their tenants. Gary (David W. Ross) and James (Jason L. Wood) invite Carlos to their housewarming party and seduce him. Carlos begins an affair with one of them, and when the other finds out, Tomas, Carlos, and Magdalena are evicted from their home. Magdalena tries to find them a home, and Carlos looks for a better job so that he can support them while Magdalena finishes school. Tomas has a heart attack and later dies. This results in a reunion between Magdalena and her mother, who takes Magdalena to a doctor. The doctor confirms that Magdalena's hymen is intact, and that pregnancy without sexual intercourse is possible. Magdalena reconciles with her father at Tomas' funeral, and the film ends with Magdalena's quinceañera, with everything she dreams of.
This movie deals with two young Hispanic cousins who become estranged from their families: Magdalena due to her pregnancy and Carlos due to his gay sexuality. Written and directed by Richard Glatzer and Wash Westmoreland. The English (UK) title is "Echo Park, L.A.". In English with some Spanish.
