Mi Familia

Mi Familia was a very powerful movie that I enjoyed very much. It was a story from a man's perspective on all the love and hardships his family had to endure. From his mother getting taken away from him when he was young because people in the Los Angles community thought the Mexicans caused the Great Depression. She was taken and sent back to Mexico only to make her way back a few years later with his younger brother, Chucho. Some moments that really stood out for me was when the mother and baby were trying to cross the river and the boat tipped over and the mother lost ahold of baby Chucho, I thought for sure the baby was not going to make it, just as the father said, I guess he was an "angel". Another moment was when Chucho was in his early twenties and he gets into the knife fight with the rival gangs leader. It seemed up to this point Chucho was seen as such a nice, great guy, this made me think differently of him. This leads up to the point when the cops are looking for Chucho and when they finally find him is when Chucho sees his younger brother, Jimmy only to be shot in the head right in front of him. I was in shock! As Chuchos mom stated, "He was meant to die at the river and was just living on borrowed time." Jimmy turns into a rebel after that but through a set up marriage of him trying to help his sister out he meats his soulmate and has a kid with her. His wife sadly dies during giving birth to their son and Jimmy strives to be the best father possible for his young son.