My Family

Comedy, Drama | 1995-05-03 | United Kingdom, United States of America

7.6 / 10

128 min.

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.

Newcomb Productions

American Zoetrope

American Playhouse

Majestic Films International

New Line Cinema