My Family
1995, Film, 128 min, Drama, English, United States, MoviePedia score 70
Three generations of dreams.
Traces over three generations an immigrant family's trials, tribulations, tragedies, and triumphs. Maria and Jose, the first generation, come to Los Angeles, meet, marry, face deportation all in the 1930s. They establish their family in East L.A., and their children Chucho, Paco, Memo, Irene, Toni, and Jimmy deal with youth culture and the L.A. police in the '50s. As the second generation become adults in the '60s, the focus shifts to Jimmy, his marriage to Isabel (a Salvadorian refugee), their son, and Jimmy's journey to becoming a responsible parent.
Directed by Gregory Nava
Cast
- Jimmy Smits as Jimmy Sanchez
- Esai Morales as Chucho Sanchez
- Edward James Olmos as Paco Sanchez
- Rafael Cortes as Roberto Sanchez
- Ivette Reina as Trini Sanchez
- Amelia Zapata as Roberto's Girlfriend
- Jacob Vargas as Young Jose
- Emilio Del Haro as Oxcart Driver
- Abel Woolrich as Oxcart Driver
- León Singer as El Californio
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