Scarface is a 1983 American crime film which is directed by Brian De Palma and written by Oliver Stone. In 1980, Cuban refugee Antonio “Tony” Montana arrives in Miami, Florida, where he is sent to a refugee camp with his best friend Manny Ribera and their associates Angel and Chi-Chi . The four are released from the camp in exchange for assassinating a former Cuban government official at the request of wealthy drug dealer Frank Lopez, and they are given green cards. They become dishwashers in a diner.