From Prada to Nada
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| Directed by | Angel Gracia |
| Produced by |
Gigi Pritzker Linda McDonough Rossana Arau Gary Gilbert Lisa Ellzey |
| Screenplay by |
Fina Torres Luis Alfaro Craig Fernandez |
| Based on |
Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen |
| Starring |
Camilla Belle Alexa Vega Wilmer Valderrama Nicholas D'Agosto Kuno Becker Adriana Barraza |
| Music by | Heitor Pereira |
| Cinematography | Héctor Ortega |
| Edited by | Brad McLaughlin |
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| Distributed by | Lionsgate |
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107 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English, Spanish |
| Box office | $3,836,357 |
From Prada to Nada is a 2011 US romantic comedy film directed by Angel Gracia and produced by Gary Gilbert, Linda McDonough, Gigi Pritzker and Chris Ranta. It is loosely based on Jane Austen's 1811 novel Sense and Sensibility. The screen play was adapted by Luis Alfaro, Craig Fernandez and Fina Torres to be a Latino version of the English novel, 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.
Pantelion Films (joint venture of Lionsgate and Televisa) opened this film in limited theatrical release in the United States on January 28, 2011. In the United States, this film grossed $3 million theatrically; the box office result met Pantelion's expectation.
The film opens with Nora studying law and Mary shopping on Rodeo Drive. They head to their home, Casa Bonita, for their father's birthday. While the girls are dancing with their father, he collapses and dies.
At the funeral they meet Gabe Dominguez, an unknown half brother who resulted from an affair their father had years ago. At the reading of their father's will, they discover that they are bankrupt. Nora and Mary sell their house to Gabe, who lets them live with him and his wife, Olivia. They meet Olivia's brother, Edward, when he visits for lunch. During lunch, Olivia tells the sisters that she is moving them to the basement; refusing to be humiliated in their own home, Nora tells Mary they are moving out. Before they leave, their maid gives Nora a box left by their father.
The two sisters go to East L.A. to live with their maternal aunt, Aurelia, where they are introduced to Bruno, their aunt's neighbor. Nora opens the box and finds letters from her father to Gabe, which his mother returned unopened. Nora quits law school so she can find a job to help support herself and Mary, and tells Mary to finish college. Their aunt sells Mary's car and Prada purse ('from Prada to nada'). Edward arrives and gives Mary and Nora stuff from their old home, offering Nora a job in his law office - which she declines. Nora responds to a job in the classifieds from a paper Edward gave her, and on the bus ride to work she meets a woman who has been fired from her job as a cleaning lady. Nora arrives at her new job and learns that her boss is Edward. They work together on the case for the cleaning ladies, winning a judgment when they discover that there has been a fraud with their payroll.
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