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May 12, 1995 · The Perez Family: Directed by Mira Nair. With Marisa Tomei, Alfred Molina, Anjelica Huston, Chazz Palminteri. In 1980, USA opens to Cuban refugees. Once in Miami, Dorita tries to create a Perez "family" of 3 to get a sponsor. She wants Juan to be her "husband" - plus a "son" or "dad".
- (2.4K)
- Comedy, Romance, Drama
- Mira Nair
- 1995-05-12
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.
- $2,832,826
- Julia Chasman, Robin Swicord
- $11,000,000 (estimated)
- Alan Silvestri
May 12, 1995 · Roger Ebert May 12, 1995. Tweet. Now streaming on: Powered by JustWatch. Mira Nair 's "The Perez Family" opens with a Fellini-esque scene of elegantly dressed people promenading by a beach. Then the music turns sad as they begin to wade into the waves, and there's a cut to a Cuban prison. For Havana's bourgeoise, the good times are over.
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 (Alfred Molina) and...
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- Mira Nair
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- Marisa Tomei
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In an attempt to secure a sponsor, an unlikely group of Cuban refugees become a "family" as the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service gives families priority over others. In the process, a political prisoner who hasn't seen his wife for twenty years and a disaffected sugarcane cutter fall in love.
84 IMDb 6.0 1 h 53 min 1995. R. Comedy · Drama · Romance · Fun. This video is currently unavailable. to watch in your location. A Cuban plantation owner, imprisoned for 20 years, is finally released in 1980 and allowed to join the boat migration to Florida where he yearns to see his wife and daughter.
