Mi Vida Loca

Mi Vida Loca also known as My Crazy Life is a 1994 American drama film directed and written by Allison Anders. It centers on the plight of young Mexicanas and Chicanas and their male counterparts growing up in the Echo Park section of Los Angeles, who face the struggles of friendship, romantic entanglements, and motherhood in a neighborhood ravaged by gang violence. Based on a true story.

Mi Vida Loca tells the story of young MexicanAmerican women in Los Angeles and the struggles they have in a life of early motherhood while being members of a street gang. Mousie Seidy Lpez and Sad Girl Angel Aviles are best friends from childhood, growing up in Echo Park, a neighborhood that had a significant amount of gang activity in the 1980s and 1990s, and remaining loyal to each other. But when Sad Girl sleeps with Mousies boyfriend a member of their neighborhood gang who is killed in a drug deal gone bad and becomes pregnant, their friendship is ruptured.As dramatic situations unfold around them, some that would turn violent, they must try to stay together as friends despite their betrayals. The film takes a rather independent look at a world where women seem to have no choice but to raise their children, involve themselves with gang activity, and survive by whatever means available. ........

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