The Perez Family
- Released on
- Runtime
- 113 mins
In the midst of the Mariel boat lift -- a hurried exodus of refugees from Cuba going to America -- an immigration clerk accidentally presumes that dissident Juan Raul Perez and Dorita Evita Perez are married. United by their last name and a mutual resolve to emigrate, Dorita and Juan agree to play along. But it gets complicated when the two begin falling for each other just as Juan reunites with his wife, Carmela, whom he hasn't seen in decades.
In the midst of the Mariel boat lift -- a hurried exodus of refugees from Cuba going to America -- an immigration clerk accidentally presumes that dissident Juan Raul Perez and Dorita Evita Perez are married. United by their last name and a mutual resolve to emigrate, Dorita and Juan agree to play along. But it gets complicated when the two begin falling for each other just as Juan reunites with his wife, Carmela, whom he hasn't seen in decades.
Cast
- Marisa Tomei
- Alfred Molina
- Anjelica Huston
- Chazz Palminteri
- Trini Alvarado
- Ruben Rabasa
- Luis Raúl
- Vincent Gallo
- Celia Cruz
- Diego Wallraff
- Ellen Cleghorne
- Angela Lanza
- Bill Sage
- Billy Hopkins
- Gustavo Laborie
- Melissa Anne Acosta
- Roberto Escobar
- Sarita Choudhury
- Glenda Díaz Rigau
- Melissa Hickey
- Mira Nair
- Antoni Corone
- Mel Gorham
- Sheila Korsi
- Ranjit Chowdhry
Director
- Mira Nair
Producers
- Lydia Dean Pilcher
- Michael Nozik
Screenwriter
- Robin Swicord
