- Comedy, Drama
- 128 min
- R
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.
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Earnest, classical in form, contemplative and resolved.
- earnestironic
- classical in formformally daring
- contemplativerelentless
- resolvedopen-ended
- unpretentiousprestige
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Cast
- Edward James OlmosPaco
- Jimmy SmitsJimmy
- Esai MoralesChucho
- Jennifer LopezYoung Maria
- Jacob VargasYoung Jose
- Constance MarieToni
- Jonathan HernandezYoung Jimmy
- Jenny GagoMaria
- Eduardo López RojasJose
- Rafael CortésRoberto
Crew
- Gregory NavaDirector
- Gregory NavaWriter
- Edward LachmanDirector of Photography
- Nancy RichardsonEditor
- Anna ThomasProducer
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