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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The Perez Family Trailer
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Cast
Marisa Tomei
Dorita Evita Perez
Alfred Molina
Juan Raul Perez
Anjelica Huston
Carmela Perez
Chazz Palminteri
Lt. John Pirelli
Trini Alvarado
Teresa Perez
Ruben Rabasa
Father Martinez
Luis Raúl
News Photographer
Vincent Gallo
Orlando
Celia Cruz
Luz Pat
Diego Wallraff
Angel Diaz
Ellen Cleghorne
Officer Rhoades
Angela Lanza
Flavia
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