Amelia Zapata, Constance Marie, Eduardo Lopez Rojas

Francis Ford Coppola produced this sprawling immigrant saga that tells the stories of three generations of the Sanchez family as they migrate to California during the 1920s, weather the Depression and...( read more  read more... ) a world war and look to the future. Lured by the promise of the "American Dream," patriarch Jimmy Sanchez (Edward James Olmos) begins the saga by emigrating from revolutionary Mexico to East Los Angeles.

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Directed by: Gregory Nava

Release Date: May 3, 1995

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DVD Release Date: April 6, 2004

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  • November 8, 2006
    great movie!
  • May 30, 2007
    Great movie!
  • October 15, 2009
    casos de la vida real
  • August 25, 2009
    another mexican family classic
  • June 26, 2009
    Everyone with Raza background can appreciate this well written film. I can see my family in each character.
  • April 22, 2009
    is a story about a immigrant saga that tells the stories of three generations of the Sanchez family, as they migrate to California during the 1920's.
  • April 1, 2009
    Fairly accurate account of the Mexican-American experience in Los Angeles!! That was my character the military guy, until the "unexpected event" occured... Nice movie to try to understand the Mexican-American point of view on contemporary life!
  • March 15, 2009
    still need to see all of this one.
  • January 21, 2009
    Three generations of dreams.
  • December 25, 2008
    Great actors and a great story = a great movie

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  • InkTaster
    August 4, 2007
    one of the best movies...great acting and story...sad and happy...shows a lot of hardships

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