Underplayed Gems

My Family (1995)

My Family poster
Directed by
Gregory Nava
Genre
drama film
Country
United States
Runtime
2h 01m
Rated
R
Rating
7.4 of 10 from 85 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

This is about a Mexican American family that moves from Mexico to Los Angeles. It follows three generations as they deal with love, hardship, and their cultural identity.

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What happens

Mi Familia is a 1995 American drama film directed by Gregory Nava, written by Nava and Anna Thomas, and starring Jimmy Smits, Edward James Olmos, and Esai Morales. The film depicts three generations of a Mexican-American family who emigrated from Mexico and settled in East Los Angeles. In 2024, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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