The Perez Family 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.

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Comedy
Drama
Romance
Release Date

May 12, 1995

Duration: 1h 53 min

Popularity: 3.1738
36 votes
Directed by

Mira Nair

Casting: Billy Hopkins, Kerry Barden, Suzanne Smith Crowley

Screenplay by

Robin Swicord

Productions

The Samuel Goldwyn Company (US)

Budget 11.0 M

2.8 M

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