My Family (1995)

7.4/10 • 128 min • Comedy Drama

Overview

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.

Cast

Edward James Olmos

Jimmy Smits

Esai Morales

Jennifer Lopez

Jacob Vargas

Constance Marie

Jonathan Hernandez

Jenny Gago

Eduardo López Rojas

Mary Steenburgen

Scott Bakula

Elpidia Carrillo

Dedee Pfeiffer

Karen Gillespie

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