![]() His world changes when he marries Isabel, a maid in danger of being deported back to El Salvador. As an adult in 1978, he's an ex-con who follows in Chucho's footsteps and harbors a deep hurt over a tragedy he witnessed as a boy. Jimmy ( Jimmy Smits) is the youngest of the family and the heart of the film. In the 1958 segment, Chucho (Esai Morales) sells drugs and periodically fights with a rival gang leader. Toni ( Constance Marie) becomes a nun, but later shocks her parents when she finds her true calling in life. Irene marries and opens a restaurant with her husband. Paco (Edward James Olmos), the eldest son (and the film's narrator), is an aspiring writer. ![]() ![]() They are separated early in the movie when a pregnant Maria is unjustly deported, and her perilous journey home with an infant son sets up a haunting, mystical thread that runs throughout the movie. He meets and marries Maria ( Jennifer Lopez), and they have six children. José Sanchez (Jacob Vargas) arrives in California from Mexico and lands a job as a gardener to wealthy families. The sweeping saga MY FAMILY follows a Mexican-American family through three generations, beginning in the 1930s. ![]()
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