"Sobreviviendo Mis XV" is a film that may sound simple, but the script touches on a more complex story about what it takes to throw a quinceañera party in Mexico and the rest of Latin America, from debt to family problems and in other cases successful parties. This time the plot focuses from the perspective of a lower-middle class teenager whose family has risen to a high economic position and the clash of cultures she has with her traditional parents and her wealthy friends from her new high school. Her parents want a "naca" party (related to Kitsch) and her friends want something "fresa" (related to elegance), during the course of the film its protagonist has a metamorphosis from girl to woman, a change that is about finding yourself and being accepted as such. The worlds of the different social classes from their clash end up accepting each other, perhaps momentarily but they deal with the tastes of others and give Danae, the protagonist, her change to the life of a teenager who begins to mature as a human being. The performances fulfill their purpose, and it is worth mentioning that the cinematography goes through well-made processes and from there it is underplayed in some scenes, perhaps trying to portray the cultural clash of what is considered in bad taste and what is considered in good taste (or maybe it's just not so well done cinematography). In general, the film succeeds in entertaining in a more discreet but satirical way and touching on dramatic elements of the now obsolete quinceañera parties. A film that fulfills its purpose of existing and although it does not show it in its cinema trailers, it tells an interesting story from the most traditional perspectives of Mexico and the perspectives with American and European overtones that have also been adopted in Mexico.
Review of Sobreviviendo Mis XV
