Mi Vida Loca

Mi Vida Loca (1994)

Two Indigenous Latina bestfriends, Mousie and Sad Girl live in a contemporary Los Angeles poor Indigenous Hispanic American 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.

Erscheinungsdatum
1994-06-08
TMDB
6.6 / 10 (37)
Laufzeit
1 Std. 32 Min.
Genres
Krimi, Drama
Regie
Allison Anders

Besetzung

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  • Gedreht in: Los Angeles

Mi Vida Loca is a 1993 American coming-of-age drama film directed and written by Allison Anders. It centers on the plight of cholas growing up in the Echo Park section of Los Angeles, who face the struggles of friendship, romantic entanglements, motherhood, and gang membership. The story follows interlocking stories of several female gang members while centering on the friendship between two friends who become involved with the same man.

Production

Allison Anders was inspired to write Mi Vida Loca after moving to Echo Park in 1986 and becoming acquainted with members of the local gang, Echo Park Locas. Anders said,

My goal was to get inside their heads and understand, just as I would any subculture. But because of the criminal element and police harassment, I felt an extra responsibility to discover and convey their hopes and dreams, no matter what they were, and not through society’s expectations.

Rodrigo García was the film's cinematographer.

The film is dedicated to the memory of Nica Rogers, a member of the Echo Park Locas who appears briefly in the film and died after filming concluded. After the movie's release, Anders and Film Independent established a scholarship program to help assist the kids of Echo Park with higher education.

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