From Prada To Nada Page #3

Synopsis: When their dad dies on his 55th birthday, Beverley Hills sisters, Mary and Nora, find themselves destitute, forced by a grasping sister-in-law to move in with their aunt in East L.A. Mary, the younger sister, is mortified: spoiled by her dad, ignorant of Spanish, scared of the vatos. Her sister convinces her to finish college, and she promptly decides that one of her T.A.s will be her ticket back to Rodeo Drive. Elder sister Nora, a law student, gets a job as a legal intern, and Edward, her supervisor, the brother of the grasping sister-in-law, promptly falls for her. Slowly, the sisters realize what a rich place the barrio is at the same time that they get bruised in the contact sport of love.
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Director(s): Angel Gracia
Production: Lionsgate Films
  2 wins & 3 nominations.
 
IMDB:
5.5
Metacritic:
39
Rotten Tomatoes:
21%
PG-13
Year:
2011
107 min
$3,016,244
Website
680 Views


Oh, my gosh.

It's not a dream? Sh*t!

Careful. Last two eggs.

How is it possible

that you don't know the basics?

Do you know how to fly a plane?

Of course not. Why should I?

Right. Well, because you never

had to. I never had to cook.

I'm willing to learn.

Learn to clean.

And then we go out

for a little desayuno.

Not downtown, Carrie.

No, it's worse. East LA.

Will you just get a map, please?

Gosh, you'd think we moved

to another country.

Learning Spanish?

This is the neighborhood.

And don't worry, they speak English here.

Nice to meet you. I'm Rosita.

You need some work.

Come on in.

I have two-for-one special.

What was that?

What is that?

Ay, mija, you better make friends

a new way, hombre.

What? Just a few minutes at Macy's

makeup counter and they'd be fine.

Excuse me, but do you know

how much fat is in this?

What's the matter with you?

You are just like your mother.

Of course. She was smart.

No, mijita.

And what does she do?

Crash in the car.

Don't worry, tia, we're going to be

responsible. You'll see.

I'm going to get a job at a law firm

and Mary's going to graduate.

You're gonna quit school?

Nora, I'm the one

who sucks at school.

I'm going to defer school,

and you need to finish.

- Then, I'll go back.

- Don't worry, Mary.

Nora's not the only one

who's going to have to make sacrifices.

It will take you

to the same places.

Where they will turn me away.

What is he doing here?

Nora? That Edward guy is here.

Hey, yo.

- Yeah?

- You parked the wrong way.

Sorry.

Yes?

Hi. The Dominguez family?

- Are you from police?

- No.

No, no, no. I'm Edward Ferris.

I'm looking for Nora Dominguez.

I will ask her if she's here.

Come in, please.

Thank you.

Wait, please.

It's time for Dodger baseball.

Live from PETCO Park

in San Diego,

Prime Ticket presents the Dodgers

- and the San Diego Padres.

- Hi.

Hi, everybody,

and a very pleasant...

- Hi.

- It's good to see you.

What are you doing here?

Come with me.

That's my dad.

Thank you.

You're welcome.

- That's... Be careful.

It's really heavy. - Thank you.

- Careful, please. It's my sister.

- Sorry, sorry. Sorry, sorry.

- I think it's okay.

- Thank you.

No offense,

but why are you doing all of this?

We can do nice things for each other,

can't we?

Well, yeah, but...

Renting a U-Haul

and picking up all of our stuff

and driving it to the ghetto

is a bit much, don't you think?

Don't forget convincing my sister

to give it all back to you.

Well, you just

don't really seem...

...like the kind of guy

who does stuff for free.

On a professional level, never.

And what level are we, Edward?

Someone must have been watering

his mustache 'cause it's a lot bigger.

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Fina Torres

Fina Torres (born 7 October 1951) is a Venezuelan film director and screenwriter. She became internationally recognized by winning the la Caméra d'Or award at the 1985 Cannes Film Festival with her directorial debut film, Oriana.She may be best-known for Oriana, and for her collaboration with actress Patricia Velásquez in the lesbian drama, Liz in September (2014). She currently lives in Venezuela. more…

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