The Perez Family

(1995)

★ 6.1 IMDb · 43 votes

Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance

Year: 1995

Runtime: 113 мин

Country: United States of America

Director: Мира Наир

Cast: Мариса Томей, Альфред Молина, Анжелика Хьюстон, Чезз Палминтери, Трини Альварадо, Celia Cruz, Diego Wallraff, Angela Lanza, Ranjit Chowdhry, Ellen Cleghorne

Plot

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.