Born in East L.A.
1987 · 1h 24m · Comedy · United States of America · Rated R (US)
A comedy bordering on insanity.
Rudy, an American of Hispanic descent, whose south-of-the-border looks show him no mercy during an immigration raid in a migrant worker factory. As his luck goes, he is caught with neither money nor his ID and is deported to Mexico - without speaking a word of Spanish!
Written & directed by
Cheech Marin5.9Smart score
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east los angelesimmigrationsouth-of-the-border
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