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.
Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- May 12, 1995
- Original language
- English
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
- Cast
- Marisa Tomei,Alfred Molina,Anjelica Huston,Chazz Palminteri,Trini Alvarado,Celia Cruz,Diego Wallraff,Angela Lanza,Ranjit Chowdhry,Ellen Cleghorneand 24 more
- Director
- Mira Nair
- Writer
- Robin Swicord,Christine Bell
- Producer
- Michael Nozik,Lydia Dean Pilcher
- Cinematography
- Stuart Dryburgh
- Music
- Alan Silvestri
- Budget
- $11,000,000
- Revenue
- $2,832,826
- IMDb
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