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Mi vida loca

  • 19931993
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  • 1h 32m
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6.4/10
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Mi vida loca (1993)
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Mousie and Sad Girl are childhood best friends in a contemporary Los Angeles poor Hispanic neighborhood. But when Sad Girl becomes pregnant by Mousie's boyfriend, a drug dealer named Ernesto... Read allMousie and Sad Girl are childhood best friends in a contemporary Los Angeles poor Hispanic neighborhood. But when Sad Girl becomes pregnant by Mousie's boyfriend, a drug dealer named Ernesto, the two become bitter enemies. While their dispute escalates towards violence, the viole... Read allMousie and Sad Girl are childhood best friends in a contemporary Los Angeles poor Hispanic neighborhood. But when Sad Girl becomes pregnant by Mousie's boyfriend, a drug dealer named Ernesto, the two become bitter enemies. While their dispute escalates towards violence, the violence of the world around them soon also impacts their lives.
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    • Allison Anders
    • Allison Anders
  • Stars
    • Angel Aviles
    • Seidy Lopez
    • Jacob Vargas
    • Allison Anders
    • Allison Anders
  • Stars
    • Angel Aviles
    • Seidy Lopez
    • Jacob Vargas
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    • 31User reviews
    • 12Critic reviews
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    Angel Aviles
    • Sad Girl
    Seidy Lopez
    Seidy Lopez
    • Mousie
    Jacob Vargas
    Jacob Vargas
    • Ernesto
    Devine
    • Devine
    Monica Lutton
    • Chucky
    Christina Solis
    • Baby Doll
    Panchito Gómez
    • Joker Bird
    • (as Panchito Gomez)
    Verónica Arellano
    • Stranger
    Arthur Esquer
    • Shadow
    Gabriel Gonzales
    • Sleepy
    Ángelo Martínez
    • Rascal
    • (as Angelo Martinez)
    Nélida López
    • Whisper
    • (as Nelida Lopez)
    Magali Alvarado
    • La Blue Eyes
    Jesse Borrego
    Jesse Borrego
    • El Duran
    Marita De Leon
    Marita De Leon
    • River Valley Girl
    Alex Midrano
    • River Valley Girl
    Noah Verduzco
    • Chuco
    Marlo Marron
    • Giggles
      • Allison Anders
      • Allison Anders
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    • Trivia
      One of the cast members, Nica, died of a drug overdose a few months after shooting was completed. She left behind a two and a half year old son, which director Allison Anders subsequently adopted.
    • Quotes

      Sad Girl: When Mousie and me joined our gang, all the names were taken except Mousie and Sad Girl. Everyone said Maribel should be Mousie cuz she was so little. Sleepy said "No stupid because then we're gonna have to name Mona Sad Girl and she's not sad at all." Rascal said "Stupid , it don't matter." Sleepy was mad and kept saying "She's too happy to be Sad Girl."

      [cut to Sad Girl sitting in a chair with a baby in her lap]

      Sad Girl: "But they don't say that to me no more."

    • Connections
      Featured in At the Movies: True Lies/Angels in the Outfield/Forrest Gump/Mi Vida Loca/Bhaji on the Beach (1994)
    • Soundtracks
      Whittier Boulevard (Echo Park Avenue)
      Performed by The Crusados

      Written by Garcia / Espinoza / Thee Midniters

      Tormid Music, Inc. (BMI)

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    7/10
    Bittersweet tale of life in the Echo.
    This is a very interesting film about the girls who hang out with the gangbangers in the Echo Park neighborhood of Los Angeles. The focus shifts from one character to another, but the story is pretty much always told from the viewpoint of the girls.

    This movie is bittersweet to me because it documents much of the tragedy surrounding the senseless killings on the street but it also offers a vision of hope. The characters in the film are shown as real human beings - the director used a mix of actors and real people from the neighborhood. It's sad to see how innocent many of them are yet how easily the violence comes.

    Don't think this is just all shootings and beatings. It's mostly about the neighborhood and the people in it, and that's where the sweet in bittersweet comes from. Even amid all the tragedy, men and women hook up with each other, babies are born, life goes on. It's not the melodrama of "West Side Story", it's more a poignant look at life in the Echo.

    Production values lag at times but this is still a very fine movie and one of my favorites.
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    • Release date
      • July 15, 1994 (United States)
      • United States
      • United Kingdom
      • English
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    • Filming locations
      • Halfway House Cafe - 15564 Sierra Highway, Santa Clarita, California, USA
    • Production companies
      • Channel Four Films
      • Cineville
      • Home Box Office (HBO)
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    • 1 hour 32 minutes
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