My Family Page #2

Synopsis: This epic film traces over three generations an immigrant family's trials, tribulations, tragedies and triumphs. Jose and Maria, 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 1950s. As the second generation become adults in the 1960s, the focus shifts to Jimmy, his marriage to Isabel (a Salvadorian refugee), their son, and Jimmy's journey to becoming a responsible parent.
Genre: Drama
Director(s): Gregory Nava
Production: New Line Home Entertainment
  Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 3 wins & 4 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.3
Rotten Tomatoes:
85%
R
Year:
1995
128 min
607 Views


Ay! Aah!

Aah!

Aah!

Chucho! Chucho!

Shh. Shh.

Estas a salvo.

Esta todo bien.

Two years had passed | since my mother was taken away.

My father lost hope,

but he kept working | to take care of me and Irene.

Jose.

Maria?

Maria?

I promised La Virgen

that I would | come back to you.

This is your son.

His name is Chucho.

Chucho.

Maria.

Jose.

Oh, Maria, | it is a miracle.

This is a miracle.

It's just like heaven

Being here with you

You're like...

Well, there he is all grown up...

my brother Chucho...

and he did grow up | into something special,

but not quite what | my father had imagined.

Chucho was one | of the baddest pachucos

on the whole east side.

My younger sister Toni... | God bless her...

pretty as an angel,

but sometimes she could | get a little bossy.

Hurry up, hermano.

You'll miss your own | sister's wedding!

What is the matter with you?

It's just a pair of pants, | not the Mona Lisa!

Hey! Hey, | Listen, hermana!

These are | Jimmy's pants, see?

And I want to make sure | they're properly ironed,

and there's only one person | in this whole goddamn world

capable of doing that, | and that's me.

Gracias. | Aborrate.

Aborrate yourself.

Get your big | cholo butt moving, ese,

and get Jimmy moving, too,

or nobody's going to make it | to the wedding on time!

I ought to... I ought to iron | your mouth shut!

And there I am, | home on leave from the navy.

Boy, was I young then!

My family had scheduled the wedding | when I was on leave

so I wouldn't miss it, | because no one could miss it.

Come on. Hurry up, Memo. | She's going crazy.

She was born crazy.

I heard that!

Ha ha! | Come on, hurry up.

Open the door. | Open the door.

Yeah, yeah. | I got it. I got it.

See you outside! | Come on.

That's one of my younger | brothers... Guillermo.

Quite a handle, no?

So everybody called him | just Memo.

Sugar in the morning...

My sister Irene,

finally getting married.

Biggest day of her life.

Here. Let me help you | with your dress.

Hurry up!

Ow!

Irene, what happened

since you were | measured for this?

Pues nada!

They must have made | a mistake or something.

Okay, bend over, huh?

All right, one...

two...

three!

Thank you.

Excuse me.

Put these on!

Apurate! It's my wedding!

Jimmy!

- Sugar in the morning. | - Ha ha!

And there's Jimmy, | the youngest of the family.

He was a real surprise | when he came along,

but he was the heart | of the family.

Hey, little vato!

Chucho!

Ha ha ha! | Hey, look, ese.

You're going to have | the finest pants

in the whole | goddamn wedding.

Look at that crease.

You like them? | What do you say?

Ha!

Come here, you little...

The house just grew and grew | with the family,

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Gregory Nava

Gregory James Nava (born April 10, 1949) is an American film director, producer and screenwriter. more…

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