Mi vida loca (1993)

Director:

Allison Anders

Writer (WGA):

Allison Anders (written by)

Release Date:

15 July 1994 (USA)

Genre:

Drama

Tagline:

Mothers. Warriors. Sisters. Survivors.

Plot:

Mousie and Sad Girl are childhood best friends in a contemporary Los Angeles poor Hispanic neighborhood...

Plot Keywords:

Playing Footsie | Automobile | Narration | Girl Gang | Murder

Cast

Angel Aviles	...	Sad Girl
Seidy Lopez	...	Mousie
Jacob Vargas	...	Ernesto
Devine	...	Devine
Monica Lutton	...	Chucky
Christina Solis	...	Baby Doll
Panchito Gómez	...	Joker Bird (as Panchito Gomez)
Verónica Arellano	...	Stranger
Arthur Esquer	...	Shadow
Gabriel Gonzales	...	Sleepy
Ángelo Martínez	...	Rascal (as Angelo Martinez)
Nélida López	...	Whisper (as Nelida Lopez)
Magali Alvarado	...	La Blue Eyes
Jesse Borrego	...	El Duran
Marita De Leon	...	River Valley Girl

Also Known As:

My Crazy Life

Runtime:

92 min

Country:

USA | UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Iceland:12 | UK:15 | USA:R

Filming Locations:

Echo Park, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Channel Four Films

Trivia:

Jason Lee's film debut.

Quotes:

Sad Girl: When Mousie and me joined our gang, all the names were taken except Mousie and Sad Girl. Everyone said Maribel should be Mousie cuz she was so little. Sleepy said "No stupid because then we're gonna have to name Mona Sad Girl and she's not sad at all." Rascal said "Stupid , it don't matter." Sleepy was mad and kept saying "She's too happy to be Sad Girl."
[cut to Sad Girl sitting in a chair with a baby in her lap]
Sad Girl: "But they don't say that to me no more."

Soundtrack:

So Ruff, So Tuff

A look at another world

This movie feels more like a documentary than anything else. You sense the realism in the script, locations and the actors. It helps that you will not recognize anyone here from anywhere else, there is no "baggage" at all with the actors. The movie follows the lives of several women who live on the periphery of a hispanic gang. They live lifes of tragedy and sadness, loathing themselves and the town they are from. They push their children in strollers, watch out for drive-by shootings and wait for the latest news on which of their boyfriends were killed, injured or jailed. The movie also portrays quite well, in the face of their tragedy, the girls have a strong bond within themselves and even though they may have fights over men, they ultimately will stand up for each other. They should, it seems no one else will. Great movie. Recommended as an escape movie. It will take you out of your world to a world you would probably never want to visit. Like life, it is not romanticized and it is not shown in an overly bad light. It just is.