4 Movies Directed by Josè Luis Garci

El crack

El crack

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1981-04-01

Languages:

Spanish

Countries:

Spain

Runtime:

131 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.3 (568 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Josè Luis Garci

Horacio Valcèrcel (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Private detective Germèn Areta gets a terminally ill client who wishes to see his long lost, runaway daughter before he dies. But when Areta starts looking into case, that leads him to the dark, underbelly of Madrid, he realizes that he is not only one looking for this girl. Someone else is also interested in her, someone powerful and dangerous who will stop at nothing to prevent Areta from knowing the truth....

Volver a empezar

Volver a empezar

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1982-03-01

Languages:

Spanish, English

Countries:

Spain

Runtime:

87 min

Rated:

PG

IMDB Ratings:

7.1 (769 Reviews)

Genres:

Drama

Cast:

Writer:

Josè Luis Garci (screenplay)

Josè Luis Garci (story)

èngel Llorente (screenplay)

èngel Llorente (story)

Fullplot:

Antonio Albajara is a successful poet and teacher in the Berkeley University that returns to Gijèn (Principality of Asturias, north to Spain). He travels there looking for everything that he left behind in his youth when he turned a well-known poet and writer in Mexico and USA, winning the Nobel prize with time. In Gijèn he meets again with his past in Roxiu, an old friend (both played in the Sporting of Gijèn's soccer team years ago) and Elena, his great-love of past times. Through his memory, his friends and Elena, Antonio starts an unforgettable journey by everyone.

The Grandfather

The Grandfather

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1998-10-30

Languages:

Spanish

Countries:

Spain

Runtime:

151 min

Rated:

PG

IMDB Ratings:

7.5 (1345 Reviews)

Genres:

Drama

Cast:

Writer:

Josè Luis Garci

Benito Pèrez Galdès (novel)

Horacio Valcèrcel

Fullplot:

An elderly man returns to Spain after spent some time in Peru looking for gold mines and losing his fortune. He returns because his son has died leaving two daughters, and the son has left a note stating that one of the two is a bastard child. The grandfather hopes to find out which is his true granddaughter.

Ninette

Ninette

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2005-08-12

Languages:

Spanish

Countries:

Spain

Runtime:

118 min

IMDB Ratings:

5.6 (538 Reviews)

Genres:

Comedy

Cast:

Writer:

Josè Luis Garci

Miguel Mihura (play)

Horacio Valcèrcel

Fullplot:

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