1 Movie Starring Dyana Ortelli

American Me

American Me

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1992-03-13

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

125 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

7.2 (5424 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Floyd Mutrux (story)

Floyd Mutrux (screenplay)

Desmond Nakano (screenplay)

Fullplot:

This epic depiction of thirty years of Chicano gang life in Los Angeles focuses on a teen named Santana who, with his friends Mundo and the Caucasian-but-acting-Hispanic J.D., form their own gang and are soon arrested for a break-in. Santana gets into trouble again and goes straight from reform school to prison, spending eighteen year there, and becoming leader of a powerful gang, both inside and outside the prison, while there. When he is finally released, he tries to make sense of the violence in his life, in a world much changed from when last he was in it.

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