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My Family (1995)
Directed by Gregory Nava
“Three generations of dreams.”
Comedy, Drama · 2h 08m
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
Eduardo López Rojas
Jenny Gago
Elpidia Carrillo
Lupe Ontiveros
Jacob Vargas
Jennifer Lopez
Maria Canals-Barrera
León Singer
Michael DeLorenzo
Crew
- Director
- Gregory Nava
- Writer
- Gregory Nava, Anna Thomas
- Director of Photography
- Edward Lachman
- Original Music Composer
- Mark McKenzie
- Editor
- Nancy Richardson
- Producer
- Anna Thomas
Details
- Release date
- 1995-05-03
- Runtime
- 2h 08m
- Genres
- Comedy, Drama
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English, Spanish
- Countries
- United Kingdom, United States of America
- Production
- Newcomb Productions, American Zoetrope, American Playhouse, Majestic Films International, New Line Cinema
- Budget
- $5,500,000
- Box office
- $11,079,373