My Family Page #9

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
623 Views


No, no. | Maria, don't say it.

Don't even say it.

It is wrong to wish | for too much in this life.

God has been good to us.

We have been very lucky,

and our life...

it has been | very, very good.

You're right.

We have had | a very good life.

- Andale. | - Si.

I remember mi familia.

Senorita, senorita, | su cuerpo es flor de canela

Pongase un vestido blanco

Y hagale fuego a la vela, | Mamita

Sooner or later, | whoa-ho!

Yes, you will get her

Baile el merengue

Whoa-ho!

Baile wherever you are

Hey

Just move your feet, | senorita

Like the moon dance | on the water

You got to help me, negrita

Holding your hips | like the lotus, Mamita

Sooner or later, | whoa-ho!

Yes, you will get her

Baile el merengue, | whoa-ho!

Baile wherever you are

And let the su senorita, | awake the day

Awake the day

Don't wait too long, | mi negrita, to move again

Move again, again

Mueve la cintura | con un soplo de luz

A-check it out

Remember because | I tell you so

Toque el horizonte | de un nuevo acordeon

Tell me that you like it | and you want some more

All you got to do | is get a partner, call me

Call me

Senorita, senorita, | la estrella azul que me guia

Arropeme con su pelo porque | la noche esta fria, Mamita

Sooner or later, | whoa-ho!

Yes, you will get her

Baile el merengue, | whoa-ho!

Baile wherever you are

Baile wherever you are

Hey

Just move your feet, | senorita

Like the moon dance | on the water

You got to help me, negrita

Holding your hips | like the lotus, Mamita

Sooner or later, | whoa-ho!

Yes, you will get 'em

Baile el merengue, | whoa-ho!

Baile wherever you are

And let the sun, | senorita, awake the day

Awake the day

Don't wait too long, | mi negrita, to move again

Once again, again

Mueve la cintura | con un soplo de luz

A-check it out

Remember because | I tell you so

Toque el horizonte | de un nuevo acordeon

Tell me that you like it | and you want some more

All you got to do | is get a partner, call me

Call me

Senorita, senorita, | su cuerpo es flor de canela

Pongase un vestido blanco

'Cause now it's coming

Now it's coming

Now it's coming

Whoa, no, no, no

Now it's coming, | and it's coming

Now it's coming

Ay, Mamita

Senorita

Whoa, no, no, no, no

Oh, baby

Singing the song | again and again

Senorita

Hey

Oh, baby, | singing the song.

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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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