It stars Marisa Tomei, Alfred Molina, Anjelica Huston, Chazz Palminteri, and other well-known actors.

The premise 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.

Selective cast listing: Archival footage of Jimmy Carter and Fidel Castro also appeared in the film.

[1] The soundtrack composed by Alan Silvestri was released by Music Box Records, paired with his score for Clean Slate.