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.
Comedy, Drama, Romance
Samuel Goldwyn Company, The
Marisa Tomei as Dorita Evita Perez, Alfred Molina as Juan Raul Perez, Anjelica Huston as Carmela Perez, Chazz Palminteri as Lt. John Pirelli, Trini Alvarado as Teresa Perez, Ruben Rabasa as Father Martinez, Luis Raúl as News Photographer