Release Date: 1995-05-03
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.
Rating: 7.444 / 10
Edward James Olmos
as Paco
Jimmy Smits
as Jimmy
Esai Morales
as Chucho
Jennifer Lopez
as Young Maria
Jacob Vargas
as Young Jose
Gregory Nava - Director
Gregory Nava - Writer
Dan Bradley - Stunt Coordinator
Francis Ford Coppola - Executive Producer
Jane Jenkins - Casting Director
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