The Perez Family (1995)
May 12, 1995
Comedy, Drama, Romance
1h 53m
![Poster for The Perez Family](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/jxi3UDHf86kDk5hqJxnpEMzVch2.jpg)
![Backdrop for The Perez Family](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w1280/34O2EvrVTUup7a0JllQWtXURQw1.jpg)
On the way to finding a family, she found love.
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 & Crew
- Director
- Mira Nair
- Dorita Evita Perez Marisa Tomei
- Juan Raul Perez Alfred Molina
- Carmela Perez Anjelica Huston
- Lt. John Pirelli Chazz Palminteri
- Teresa Perez Trini Alvarado
- Father Martinez Ruben Rabasa
- News Photographer Luis Raúl
- Orlando Vincent Gallo
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Keywords
- immigration
- woman director
- political prisoner
- cuban refugees