Directed by:
Angel GraciaCinematography:
Héctor OrtegaComposer:
Heitor PereiraCast:
Camilla Belle, Alexa PenaVega, Wilmer Valderrama, April Bowlby, Nicholas D'Agosto, Kuno Becker, Adriana Barraza, Pablo Cruz, Karla Souza, Luis Rosales (more)Plots(1)
Two sisters from Beverly Hills learn how the other side lives after their father dies unexpectedly, and they're taken in by their estranged aunt in East L.A. Nora (Camilla Belle) and Mary (Alexa Vega) grew up in a sprawling mansion, so far removed from their Mexican roots that Mary refuses to even acknowledge her heritage. Then, in a flash, their father is gone, and they're both left without two pennies to rub together. Fortunately, Nora and Mary have their kind-hearted aunt Aurelia (Adriana Barraza) to fall back on. Aunt Aurelia only lives a short distance away, but Boyle Heights is so steeped in Latino culture that it may as well be on another planet. Unable to speak a word of Spanish and completely ignorant about their culture, Nora and Mary leave their comfortable world kicking and screaming. But the more time Nora and Mary spend getting to know their extended family, the more they begin to get a sense of what they've been missing by remaining locked in their ivory tower all these years. Before long, Nora and Mary begin to regard their Mexican heritage with a sense of pride rather than shame, and realize that all the money in the world can't buy the happiness of being surrounded and supported by family. (official distributor synopsis)
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It's a shame the film is so predictable. At first, it seems like it could still be a pretty good comedy, but it turns out to be quite a typical romance, where you already know in advance who will end up with whom, even though it doesn't seem that way at the beginning. It's a shame really, because the humorous potential was there at the beginning.
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