La Bamba (film)

La Bamba is a 1987 American biographical film written and directed by Luis Valdez that follows the life and career of Chicano rock n roll star Ritchie Valens. The film stars Lou Diamond Phillips as Valens, Esai Morales, Rosanna DeSoto, Elizabeth Pea, Danielle von Zerneck, and Joe Pantoliano. The film also covers the effect that Valens career had on the lives of his halfbrother Bob Morales, his girlfriend Donna Ludwig and the rest of his family.

In one scene, Bob won an important art contest that helps promising cartoonists, only to throw away his prize because, in his mind, his mother does not seem to care enough. Bob resorts to drinking heavily and, at one point, leads him to yelling in a drunken rage in front of his mothers door, I want to see my daughter in reference to the child he sired with Ritchies first girlfriend Rosie Pea.However, when they get an opportunity, Ritchie and Bob sneak out for a good time. On one occasion, they take a road trip to Tijuana, visiting one of the local clubs where Ritchie discovers the song that would eventually become his signature song, La Bamba. Unlike portrayed in the movie, the outing to Tijuana was actually a family trip. ........

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