The Perez Family
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Directed by | Mira Nair |
Produced by | Julia Chasman Robin Swicord |
Screenplay by | Robin Swicord |
Based on | The Perez Family by Christine Bell |
Starring | Marisa Tomei Alfred Molina Anjelica Huston Chazz Palminteri |
Music by | Alan Silvestri |
Cinematography | Stuart Dryburgh |
Edited by | Robert Estrin Greg Finton |
Distributed by | The Samuel Goldwyn Company |
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Running time
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113 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $11,000,000 (estimated) |
Box office | $2,832,826 |
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 starred Marisa Tomei, Alfred Molina, Anjelica Huston, Chazz Palminteri, and other well-known actors. It was based on the 1991 novel The Perez Family (ISBN 0-06-097401-X) by Christine Bell. The film was directed by Mira Nair.
The premise of the film was that a group of unrelated people, who happened to share the last name "Pérez", realized they could more easily stay in America if they pretended to be family. Set in 1980 during the Mariel boatlift, the movie shows Juan Raúl Pérez (Alfred Molina), a former aristocrat and newly released political prisoner, seeking to return to his wife, now in America, after 20 years. Dottie Pérez (Marisa Tomei) is a former prostitute, who Juan meets. U.S. Immigration officials assume the two are married, because of the common last name. The potential for a real romantic relationship between the couple sets the basis for much of the rest of the film.
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Cast
Selective cast listing:
- Marisa Tomei - Dorita Evita Pérez
- Alfred Molina - Juan Raúl Pérez
- Anjelica Huston - Carmela Pérez
- Chazz Palminteri - Lt. John Pirelli
- Trini Alvarado - Teresa Pérez
- Celia Cruz - Luz Pat
- Ranjit Chowdhry - Indian immigration official
- Diego Wallraff - Ángel Díaz
- Ellen Cleghorne - Officer Rhoades
- Angela Lanza - Flavia
- Jose Felipe Padron - Felipe Pérez
- Lázaro Pérez - Armando 'Papi' Pérez
- Bill Sage - Steve Steverino
- Vincent Gallo - Orlando
- Billy Hopkins - Father Aiden
- Ruben Rabasa - Father Martínez
- Melissa Anne Acosta - Isabel
Archival footage of Jimmy Carter and Fidel Castro also appeared in the film.
Reception
The Perez Family received mixed reviews from critics, as it holds a 63% rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on 16 reviews.
Discography
The CD soundtrack composed by Alan Silvestri is available on Music Box Records, paired with his score for Clean Slate (website).
External links
- The Perez Family at AllMovie
- Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). The Perez Family at IMDb
- The Perez Family at Box Office Mojo
- The Perez Family at Rotten Tomatoes
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- 1995 films
- English-language films
- American films
- 1990s comedy films
- Films about immigration
- Films based on novels
- Films directed by Mira Nair
- Films set in 1980
- Films set in Miami, Florida
- Film scores by Alan Silvestri
- American comedy films
- Films produced by Michael Nozik
- The Samuel Goldwyn Company films
- 1990s comedy film stubs