This film is about three young men, two half brothers Paco, Cruz and their bi-racial cousin Miklo who grew up together in the barrio in East L.A. It opens in 1972, as the three are members of an East L.A. gang called “Vatos Locos”. The story focuses on how a violent crime and the influence of narcotics alter their lives. The film explores the pain and intensity of young Mexican men in East LA. It's also about young men having dreams, revelation and forgiveness, someone forgiving another person for hurting them, someone else revealing to that person their weakness, but it is mainly about Mexican working class family struggling to assimilate into America. With the limitations of what Mexican families can do in America, these families h
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