List of the best Luis Mandoki movies: Innocent Voices(2004), Gaby: A True Story(1987), White Palace(1990), Born Yesterday(1993), The Precocious and Brief Life of Sabina Rivas(2012) ... ...
Drama, War
Mexico|USA|Puerto Rico
2004
110 Minutes
Director
Carlos Padilla Leonor Varela Gustavo Muñoz José María Yazpik Ofelia Medina Daniel Giménez Cacho Jesús Ochoa Jorge Angel Toriello
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.
Biography
USA|Mexico
1987
114 Minutes
Director
Liv Ullmann Norma Aleandro Rachel Levin Robert Loggia Lawrence Monoson Robert Beltran Tony Goldwyn
quadriplegic mother teacher boyfriend maid heartwarming inspiring hospital college mexico determination activism faith illness disability underdog love transformation 20th century
The life of Gaby Brimmer, a girl physically handicapped, who finally gets her goals of study and triumph.
Romance
USA
1990
103 Minutes
Director
Susan Sarandon James Spader Jason Alexander Kathy Bates Eileen Brennan Steven Hill Rachel Levin Corey Parker Renee Taylor Jonathan Penner Barbara Howard
ad executive waitress widower friend love interest associate amusing sultry tender st. louis diner dinner party new york city bar class distinctions secret tragic death may-december romance jewish identity sex
Lust turns to love for a 40-ish working-class woman and a 20-ish yuppie adman with little in common.
Romance
USA
1993
101 Minutes
Director
Melanie Griffith John Goodman Don Johnson Edward Herrmann Max Perlich Fred Dalton Thompson Nora Dunn Michael Ensign Benjamin C. Bradlee
wealthy man businessman showgirl amusing washington, d.c. bullying rebellion transformation forbidden love 1990s
A businessman comes to Washington with his ex Vegas showgirl girlfriend, and after some embarrassments, he hires a reporter as tutor to smarten her up. She turns out to be smart, sucks up knowledge and questions things. Trouble?
Romance, Adventure, Drama
2012
116 Minutes
Director
Joaquín Cosio Greisy Mena Fernando Moreno Angelina Peláez Mario Zaragoza Beto Benites Nick Chinlund Miguel Flores Tenoch Huerta Dagoberto Gama Tito Vasconcelos
victim young girl dancer dark honduras mexico hope slave trade nightclub quest
Sabina, a young Honduran woman, works in a whorehouse until she is deported. Sabina crosses the border a second time and becomes a witness to, and victim of, the white slave trade and a gang's brutal violence.