The Perez Family
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.
Mira Nair
Casts & Crew
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
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