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Born in East L.A.

1987 · 84 min

A breezy, good-natured comedy that turns a bureaucratic nightmare into a series of silly, warm-hearted misadventures.

Directed by
Cheech Marin
Genres
Comedy
Tagline
A comedy bordering on insanity.
Overview
Rudy, an American of Hispanic descent, whose south-of-the-border looks show him no mercy during an immigration raid in a migrant worker factory. As his luck goes, he is caught with neither money nor his ID and is deported to Mexico - without speaking a word of Spanish!

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Directed by
Cheech Marin
Genres
Comedy
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Tone
  • satiricalstrength 3 of 3
  • absurdstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • immigration
  • identity
  • class
  • family
  • friendship
Places
  • big city
  • small town
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror0
Humour8
Realism6
Romance4
Tension3
Darkness3
Complexity4
Emotional weight4

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Genres
comedy
Directed by
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Written by
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Starring
Cheech Marin, Daniel Stern, Paul Rodríguez, Jan-Michael Vincent, Kamala Lopez, Alma Martinez, Tony Plana, Eddie Barth
Music
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Cinematography
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Runtime
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Country
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Languages
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