1995
6.2 (37 votes)
1h 53m
Genres
Comedy
Drama
Romance
Production Companies
The Samuel Goldwyn Company
The Perez Family
On the way to finding a family, she found love.
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.
Key Crew
Director: Mira Nair
Screenplay: Robin Swicord
Producer: Lydia Dean Pilcher, Michael Nozik
Director of Photography: Stuart Dryburgh
