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My Family

My Family

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Status

Released

Release Date

May 3, 1995

Runtime

2h 8m

Genres

Comedy, Drama

User Score

76%

Original Title

My Family

Production Companies

Newcomb Productions, American Zoetrope, American Playhouse, Majestic Films International

Director

Gregory Nava

Budget

$5,500,000

Revenue

$11,079,373

Description

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.