Meine Familie
director:
Gregory Nava
playwright:
Gregory Nava
actor:
Edward James Olmos
/
Jimmy Smits
/
Esai Morales
/
Jennifer Lopez
/
Jacob Vargas
…
genre:
Comedy
/
Drama
region:
United States
language:
English
/
Spanish
length: 2h 8m
release date: 1995-05-03
IMDb: tt0113896
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.