The Perez Family
Released: May 12, 1995Runtime: 113 min
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.
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Marisa Tomei
as Dorita Evita Perez
Anjelica Huston
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Alfred Molina
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Chazz Palminteri
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Trini Alvarado
as Teresa Perez
Celia Cruz
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Ranjit Chowdhry
as Indian immigration official
Diego Wallraff
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Ellen Cleghorne
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Angela Lanza
as Flavia
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