The Perez Family(Movie, 1995)

Name: The Perez Family
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance / Love
Released: 1995
Duration: T01:53:00
Rating: 3.3

| 1h 53min | Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance / Love

Rating: 3.3/5 (with 15 votes)

The Perez Family is an American comedy film released in 1995 about a group of Cuban refugees in America who pretend to be a family. It stars Marisa Tomei, Alfred Molina, Anjelica Huston, Chazz Palminteri, and other well-known actors. It was based on the 1990 novel The Perez Family by Christine Bell. The film was directed by Mira Nair. The premise was that a group of unrelated people, who happened to share the last name "Pérez", realized they could more easily stay in America if they pretended to be family. Set in 1980 during the Mariel boatlift, the movie shows Juan Raúl Pérez (Alfred Molina), a former aristocrat and newly released political prisoner, seeking to return to his wife, now in America, after 20 years. Dottie Pérez ( ()

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About 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.

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Production country: United States of America (USA)

Plays in: Miami metropolitan area, Miami & Miami Beach (Florida)

Made by: Samuel Goldwyn Company

Original language: English (EN)

Spoken languages: English (EN)

Translated into 10 languages: Bulgarian (BG), German (DE), English (EN), Spanish (ES), French (FR), Hebrew (HE), Italian (IT), Portuguese (PT), Russian (RU), Ukrainian (UK)

Status: Released

Release date US: 05/12/1995

Cast: Marisa Tomei, Alfred Molina, Chazz Palminteri, Anjelica Huston, Vincent Gallo

Director: Mira Nair

Producer: Robin Swicord

Screenwriter: Robin Swicord

Film Editor: Robert Estrin

Director of Photography: Stuart Dryburgh

Composer: Arturo Sandoval, Alan Silvestri

Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):

"Wiedersehen in Miami"

"Cuando salí de Cuba"

Keywords: political prisoner, immigration, cuban refugees, woman director

Budget: 11,000,000 USD

Revenue: 2,832,826 USD (= 26%)

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