Comedy Drama
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.
Directed by
Gregory Nava
Written by
Gregory Nava
Jennifer Lopez
Young Maria
Jimmy Smits
Jimmy
Jacob Vargas
Young Jose
Esai Morales
Chucho
Scott Bakula
David Ronconi
Mary Steenburgen
Gloria
Edward James Olmos
Paco
Elpidia Carrillo
Isabel Magaña
Maria Canals-Barrera
Young Irene
Dedee Pfeiffer
Karen Gillespie
Constance Marie
Toni
Bruce Gray
Mr. Gillespie
Jenny Gago
Maria
Bibi Besch
Mrs. Gillespie
Lupe Ontiveros
Irene
Jonathan Hernandez
Young Jimmy
Ben Hernandez Bray
Enrique Castillo
Memo
Seidy López
Lena, Chucho's Girlfriend
Eduardo López Rojas
Jose
Rafael Cortés
Roberto
Saachiko
Nurse
Paul Robert Langdon
Carlitos

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