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My Family is a 1995 American drama film directed by Gregory Nava, written by Nava and Anna Thomas, and starring Jimmy Smits, Edward James Olmos, and Esai Morales. The film depicts three generations of a Mexican-American family who emigrated from Mexico and settled in East Los Angeles.
- $11.5 million
- May 3, 1995 (United States)
- Anna Thomas
- Film score:, Mark McKenzie, Folk Music:, Pepe Ávila
A man makes his way from Mexico to Los Angeles in the 1920s and gets married and raises a big family there. The movie follows the children until they get married and start their families in the 1960s. This epic film traces over three generations an immigrant family's trials, tragedies, and triumphs.
May 3, 1995 · It is an epic told through the eyes of one family, the Sanchez family, whose father walked north to Los Angeles from Mexico in the 1920s, and whose children include a writer, a nun, an ex-convict, a lawyer, a restaurant owner, and a boy shot dead in his prime.
May 3, 1995 · With Edward James Olmos, Rafael Cortes, Ivette Reina, Amelia Zapata. A man makes his way from Mexico to Los Angeles in the 1920s and gets married and raises a big family there. The movie follows the children until they get married and start their families in the 1960s.
- Gregory Nava
- 25
- 2 min
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A second-generation Mexican immigrant narrates his family history, beginning with the journey of his father, Jose (Jacob Vargas), across Mexico to Los Angeles where he meets Maria (Jennifer...
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All Audience. Verified Audience. Rene Jordan El Nuevo Herald (Miami) The film is sweet but never cloying. The continuity doesn't break because the actors - all excellent - convincingly resemble...
