8 Movies Directed by Luis Mandoki

Gaby: A True Story

Gaby: A True Story

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1988-03-11

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA, Mexico

Runtime:

110 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

(543 Reviews)

Director:

Luis Mandoki

Genres:

DramaRomance

Cast:

Writer:

Michael Love

Luis Mandoki (developer)

Martèn Salinas

Fullplot:

The life of Gaby Brimmer, a girl physically handicapped, who finally gets her goals of study and triumph.

White Palace

White Palace

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1990-10-19

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

103 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

6.5 (5374 Reviews)

Director:

Luis Mandoki

Genres:

DramaRomance

Cast:

Writer:

Glenn Savan (novel)

Ted Tally (screenplay)

Alvin Sargent (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Max Baron (James Spader) is a 27-year-old high flying advertising executive still recovering from the death of his wife. One night he is in a bar when he meets Nora Baker (Susan Sarandon) a 43-year-old waitress with a fixation on Marilyn Monroe. The couple gradually fall in love, though age and social differences mean that the path of true love is strewn with problems.

Born Yesterday

Born Yesterday

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1993-03-26

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

100 min

Rated:

PG

IMDB Ratings:

5.1 (3023 Reviews)

Director:

Luis Mandoki

Cast:

Writer:

Garson Kanin (play)

Douglas McGrath (screenplay)

Fullplot:

A businessman shows up in Washington to lobby agendas that are friendly to his construction plans. His ditsy ex-showgirl bimbo proves to be an embarrassment in social situations, so he hires a reporter to teach her how to appear more intelligent. Soon it becomes apparent to the reporter that she isn't so stupid after all, and things become more complicated as she begins questioning the papers her sugar daddy keeps getting her to sign, and the reporter begins falling in love with her.

When a Man Loves a Woman

When a Man Loves a Woman

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1994-05-13

Languages:

English, Vietnamese

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

126 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

6.5 (15911 Reviews)

Director:

Luis Mandoki

Genres:

DramaRomance

Cast:

Writer:

Ronald Bass

Al Franken

Fullplot:

An airline pilot and his wife are forced to face the consequences of her alcoholism when her addictions threaten her life and their daughter's safety. While the woman enters detox, her husband must face the truth of his enabling behavior.

Message in a Bottle

Message in a Bottle

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1999-02-12

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

131 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

6.1 (27138 Reviews)

Director:

Luis Mandoki

Genres:

DramaRomance

Cast:

Writer:

Nicholas Sparks (novel)

Gerald Di Pego (screenplay)

Fullplot:

A woman finds a romantic letter in a bottle washed ashore and tracks down the author, a widowed shipbuilder whose wife died tragically early. As a deep and mutual attraction blossoms, the man struggles to make peace with his past so that he can move on and find happiness.

Angel Eyes

Angel Eyes

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2001-05-18

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

102 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

5.6 (18985 Reviews)

Director:

Luis Mandoki

Genres:

DramaRomance

Fullplot:

While pursuing a suspect one night, Chicago Police officer Sharon Pogue nearly becomes the victim of a fatal ambush. A mysterious stranger, Catch intervenes, disarms the assassin and saves Sharon's life. Is it a stroke of luck? A twist of fate? Or just a concerned citizen who happened to pass by at the right time and wasn't afraid to get involved? Maybe, But Sharon and Catch have met once before. As the two fall in love, they discover the truth about each other and are forced to deal with the secrets from their past.

Innocent Voices

Innocent Voices

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2005-11-04

Languages:

Spanish

Countries:

Mexico, USA, Puerto Rico

Runtime:

120 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

(5836 Reviews)

Director:

Luis Mandoki

Genres:

DramaWar

Cast:

Writer:

Luis Mandoki (screenplay)

Oscar Orlando Torres (screenplay)

Oscar Orlando Torres (story)

Fullplot:

A young boy, in an effort to have a normal childhood in 1980's El Salvador, is caught up in a dramatic fight for his life as he desperately tries to avoid the war which is raging all around him.

La vida precoz y breve de Sabina Rivas

La vida precoz y breve de Sabina Rivas

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2012-11-09

Languages:

Spanish

Countries:

Mexico

Runtime:

116 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.8 (622 Reviews)

Director:

Luis Mandoki

Cast:

Writer:

Diana Cardozo (adaptation)

Rafael Ramèrez Heredia (novel)

Fullplot:

In the Mexican-Guatemalan border, young teenage lovers, Sabina and Jovany, both Hondurans, accidentally meet again after some years without seeing each other. She plans to get to the United States and dreams about being a great singer; he commits all the required atrocities to be accepted by the gang: la Mara Salvatrucha. Sabina and Jovany crashed with the most adverse conditions at the border like white slavery, the Mexican and American migratory agents Burrona and Patrick, the brothel matron Doèa Lita, Don Nico the Mexican Consul in Tecèn Umèn, the drug trafficking networks, the army and la Mara Salvatrucha.

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