From Prada to Nada (2011)

Director:

Angel Gracia

Writers (WGA):

Fina Torres (screenplay) &
Luis Alfaro (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:

28 January 2011 (Iceland)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama | Romance

Tagline:

A Riches to Rags Story

Plot:

A Latina spin on Jane Austen's "Sense and Sensibility," where two spoiled sisters who have been left penniless after their father's sudden death are forced to move in with their estranged aunt in East Los Angeles.

Plot Keywords:

Hispanic | Beverly Hills | Bankrupt | 55th Birthday | Latina

Awards:

2 wins & 2 nominations

Cast

Camilla Belle	...	Nora Dominguez
Alexa Vega	...	Mary Dominguez
Tina French	...	Old Librarian
Luis Rosales	...	Juanito
Pablo Martínez de Velasco	...	Pablo the Gardener
Alexis Ayala	...	Gabriel Dominguez Sr.
Norma Reyna	...	Carmina
Adriana Barraza	...	Aurelia Jimenez
Catalina López	...	Trinita
José María Negri	...	Benjamin Kerensky
Mario Zaragoza	...	Federico
Pablo Cruz	...	Gabriel Dominguez Jr.
April Bowlby	...	Olivia
Nicholas D'Agosto	...	Edward Ferris
Begoña Narváez	...	Carry Sullivan
Ernesto Arizpe	...	Bad Guy 1
Diego Mejía	...	Bad Guy 2
Bernardo Leal	...	Bad Guy 3
Wilmer Valderrama	...	Bruno
Joana Brito	...	Comadre 1
Liliana Cruz	...	Comadre 2
Romina Peniche	...	Rosita
Adriana Morales	...	Chola Leader
Nydia Torres	...	Chola
Petty Maldonado	...	Lupe
Jaime Aleman	...	Car Buyer
Susana Contreras	...	Elderly Janitor
Aldonza Vélez	...	Angelica Ramirez
Oliverio Gareli	...	Marco Antonio Ramirez
Geraldine Zinat	...	Receptionist
Susana Altamirano	...	Cubicle Head
Harry Porter	...	Professor Smith
Kuno Becker	...	Rodrigo Fuentes
Diana Bovio	...	Classmate
Karla Souza	...	Lucy
Antonio Gonzalez	...	Contractor
Alex Garcia	...	Max Schoeder
Greg Lucas	...	Richard Pinter
Rosa Maria Soria	...	Maria Ramirez
Lorena Martínez	...	Rosalita Ramirez
Nydia García	...	Esperanza Ramirez
Leticia Fabián	...	Natalia
Tomas Montemayor	...	Neighbor Boy
Ersin Pertan	...	Salesman
Alexander Aguila	...	Store Guard
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Monica Burnes	...	Nurse
Brenda Marsella	...	Carmen
Gishel Rafael	...	Camilla
David Szy	...	Fiesta Guest (uncredited)

Directed by
Angel Gracia

Writing credits (WGA)
Fina Torres		(screenplay) &
Luis Alfaro		(screenplay) and
Craig Fernandez		(screenplay)
Jane Austen		(novel "Sense and Sensibility")

Produced by
Rossana Arau	....	co-producer
Deborah Del Prete	....	executive producer
Lisa Ellzey	....	producer
Gary Gilbert	....	producer
Linda McDonough	....	producer
James M. McNamara	....	executive producer
Ben Odell	....	executive producer
Gigi Pritzker	....	producer
Chris Ranta	....	producer

Original Music by
Heitor Pereira

Cinematography by
Héctor Ortega

Film Editing by
Brad McLaughlin

Casting by
Raúl Simancas

Production Design by
Anthony Stabley

Art Direction by
Ricardo Davila
Carlos Lagunas		(supervising art director)

Set Decoration by
Aida Rodriguez

Makeup Department
Julie Rea	....	key hair stylist
Julie Rea	....	key makeup artist
Carla Tinoco	....	makeup & hair designer

Production Management
Cristopher 'Choke' Correa	....	unit production manager
Rubén Montedónico	....	assistant unit manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Jose Miguel Hiriart	....	second second assistant director
Juan Obregon	....	first assistant director
Ismael Rodriguez III	....	second assistant director (as Ismael Rodríguez)

Art Department
Alma Aragon	....	art department coordinator
Cindy Arreola	....	junior draftsperson
Leonardo Arvisu	....	carpenter
Simon Arvisu	....	carpenter
Geoffrey Brown	....	art department researcher
Rosa Elia Carrillo	....	set designer
Gilberto Cortes	....	property master
Efren De La Torre	....	illustrator
Jose Carlos Diaz	....	set dresser
Antonio Duran	....	muralist
Hiram Felipe	....	set dresser
Luis Franco	....	set designer
Victor Alejandro Garcia	....	illustrator
Gustavo Gonzalez	....	set dresser
Tomas Guerina	....	muralist
Luis Enrique Hernandez	....	lead foreman
Isauro Hizar	....	muralist
Luis Rojas Luino	....	assistant set decorator
Luis Fernándo López	....	leadman
Ricardo Mendez	....	carpenter
Hernan Moran	....	muralist
Jose Luis Moran	....	painter
Sergio Arturo Moreno	....	illustrator
Garina Morán	....	lead scenic
Marco Antonio Palma	....	construction coordinator
Manuel Reséndiz	....	set dresser
Melissa Rodriguez	....	illustrator
Pablo Garza Segovia	....	assistant property master
Cesar Antonio Solis	....	set dresser
Vanessa Soto	....	props
Diego Suárez Groult	....	on-set dresser
Barbara Garza Talavera	....	set decoration assistant
Arturo Okinawa Vazquez	....	set dresser
Richard Velasquez	....	carpenter
Victor Vázquez	....	set dresser

Sound Department
Michael J. Anastasi	....	supervising sound designer
Dhyana Carlton-Tims	....	supervising adr editor
Dhyana Carlton-Tims	....	supervising dialogue & adr editor
Nash Cubero Jr.	....	foley editor
Robert Dehn	....	sound studio manager
Derek Deitz	....	assistant sound editor
Angela Hemingway	....	dialogue editor
Jesse David Ing	....	additional sound mixer (as Jesse Ing)
Zach Michaelis	....	foley mixer
Andres Moreno	....	sound mixer
Lenin Rojo	....	additional adr recordist
Chris Terhune	....	assistant sound editor
Jonathan Wales	....	sound re-recording mixer

Special Effects by
Daniel Cordero	....	special effects

Visual Effects by
Jonathan Bourgoine	....	visual effects producer: Nitrous Visual Effects
Daniel Hawley	....	data wrangler
Geoff Leavitt	....	visual effects producer
Geoff Leavitt	....	visual effects supervisor
Joseph A. Spano III	....	digital compositor

Camera and Electrical Department
Jayson Crothers	....	director of photography: LA unit
Isaiah Fortajada	....	assistant camera: LA Unit
Rodolfo Hernández	....	gaffer
Víctor Hernández	....	first assistant camera
Jason Oldak	....	additional photography: LA Unit
Felipe Perez-Burchard	....	digital imaging technician

Animation Department
Nathan Morse	....	end title graphics

Casting Department
Toby Guidry	....	casting associate
Pauline Ocon	....	additional casting

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Genoveva Baldera	....	seamstress
Naomi Crespo	....	wardrobe
Rosa Maria Gonzalez	....	seamstress

Editorial Department
Karlo Babakhanian	....	iq artist
Shawna Callahan	....	consulting editor
Gregg Garvin	....	digital intermediate colorist
John David Moffat	....	assistant editor
Mathieu Reid	....	color timer

Music Department
Benoit Grey	....	synthesizer orchestrator
Daniel Hubbert	....	music supervisor
Zach Lemmon	....	synthesizer orchestrator
Andrea von Foerster	....	music supervisor
Sebastian Zuleta	....	music technical engineer

Transportation Department
Gilberto Pulido	....	picture car coordinator

Other crew
Andrea Araiz	....	apoc & travel coordinator
Elizabeth Ayala	....	production assistant
Carol A. Compton	....	script clearance
Polo Del Real	....	assistant to producers
Hajime Espinosa	....	script supervisor
Tal Fiala	....	account executive
Georgina	....	production assistant
Carlos Moreno Jr.	....	adr voice
Norberto Nava	....	security coordinator
Gabriel Ramírez	....	location assistant
John Rhodes	....	production assistant
Alfredo Ríos	....	production assistant
Horacio Sandoval	....	locations manager
Craig A. Thompson	....	assistant to Ms. McDonough
Efrén Valladares	....	production coordinator
Lavinia Zetina	....	production accountant

Thanks
Judith Monroy	....	special thanks
Mario Montes	....	thanks: picture car owner
Bernadette Rivero	....	special thanks
Ed Rivero	....	special thanks
Kerry Rock	....	special thanks

Production Companies

• Oddlot Entertainment
• Gilbert Films
• Lionsgate
• Televisa
• Hyperion Films
• Gotham Music Placement

Distributors

• Pantelion Films (2011) (USA) (theatrical)
• Audio Visual Entertainment (2011) (Greece) (theatrical)
• Caravella DDC (2011) (Russia) (theatrical)
• Maple Pictures (2011) (Canada) (theatrical)
• Nu Metro Cinemas (2011) (South Africa) (theatrical)
• Zon Lusomundo Audiovisuais (2011) (Portugal) (theatrical)
• A-Film Home Entertainment (2012) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• A-Film Home Entertainment (2012) (Netherlands) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• Audio Visual Entertainment (2011) (Greece) (DVD)
• Blue Sky Media (2011) (Czech Republic) (all media)
• Film1 (2012) (Netherlands) (TV) (limited)
• Lionsgate Home Entertainment (2011) (UK) (DVD)
• Lionsgate Home Entertainment (2011) (USA) (DVD)
• Lionsgate Home Entertainment (2011) (USA) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• OMC (2011) (Taiwan) (all media)

Other Companies

• Dolby Laboratories  sound mix
• Equipment & Film Design  camera equipment provided by
• Equipment & Film Design  grip and lighting equipment
• Film Finances  completion guarantor
• Gallagher Entertainment  insurance
• IndieClear  script clearance
• Modern VideoFilm  post-production services
• Sonic Magic  sound post-production

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MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for brief drug use and a sexual situation

Runtime:

USA:107 min

Country:

Mexico | USA

Language:

English | Spanish

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital

Certification:

USA:PG-13 (certificate #46377) | Canada:PG (Ontario) | Philippines:PG-13 (MTRCB) | Portugal:M/12 | Australia:PG | Singapore:PG | Netherlands:9 | UK:12 | Ireland:12

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Oddlot Entertainment

Goofs:

Continuity: When Nora takes Mary to East LA, the X5 that they drive is a 2008 X5 through the streets of LA, but when they arrive on destination, it's the older 2005 X5.

Quotes:

Nora Dominguez:I avoid relationships because I can't count on them.

Movie Connections:

References Sense and Sensibility (1995)

Soundtrack:

California Gurls

Better than you'd think it would be

This movie has characters all over it, some with ridiculously short skirts and way too high heels. It has elements of a culture completely unrelated to my country, Australia, yet the peoples emotional connections come through clearly. I've known ethnic groups and come from half Italian one myself, enough to be able to recognise the clarity of the writing with respect to the beliefs and customs of these Mexican people living in LA. I have been to LA but didn't go to East LA apart from some fast food stands in Glendale ;) but the murals and artwork, the street appeal of it all is right there in this movie. It's very real and not just pandering to a pc crowd of wannabe humanitarians, it's the real deal. At the same time it's light hearted enough to be a romantic comedy but deep enough to capture some real human emotion. As I said in my title, it's much better than you'd think it will be. Damn girl that dress is short!