Title The Perez Family Overview 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. Tagline On the way to finding a family, she found love. Genres Comedy, Drama, Romance Keywords immigration, independent film, woman director, political prisoner, cuban refugees Production Companies Samuel Goldwyn Company, The Production Countries United States of America Spoken Languages English Original Language en Runtime minutes 113 Release Year 1995
Worldwide box office revenue: approximately 3 million USD