07 Mar 2003
My Life Without Me
A fatally ill mother with only two months to live creates a list of things she wants to do before she dies without telling her family of her illness.
The Perez Family
On the way to finding a family, she found love.
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.
Top Billed Cast
Marisa Tomei Dorita Evita Perez
Alfred Molina Juan Raul Perez
Anjelica Huston Carmela Perez
Chazz Palminteri Lt. John Pirelli
Trini Alvarado Teresa Perez
Ruben Rabasa Father Martinez
Luis Raúl News Photographer
Vincent Gallo Orlando
Celia Cruz Luz Pat
Diego Wallraff Angel Diaz
Ellen Cleghorne Officer Rhoades
Angela Lanza Flavia
Bill Sage Steve Steverino
Gustavo Laborie Cuban Official
Roberto Escobar Rivera
Sarita Choudhury Josette
Glenda Díaz Rigau Giovanna
Melissa Hickey Young Carmela
Antoni Corone Security
Mel Gorham Vilma / Raquel
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