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Luis Mandoki
Luis Mandoki (born August 17, 1954) is a Mexican film director working in Mexico and Cinema of the United States, Hollywood. Luis Mandoki studied Fine Arts in Mexico and at the San Francisco Art Institute, the London College of Printing, and the London International Film School. While attending this last institution he directed his first short film ''Silent Music'' which won an award at the International Amateur Film Festival of Cannes Film Festival in 1976. Back in Mexico he directed short films and documentaries for the Instituto Nacional Indigenista (the National Institute for the Indigenous), Conacine (National Commission of Film) and the Centro de Produccion de Cortometraje (Center for the Production of Short Films). In 1980 he received an Ariel Award of the Mexican Academy of Film for his short film ''El secreto''. Four years later, his film ''Motel'' was selected to represent Mexico in film festivals around the globe. At the age of 30 he developed, wrote, produced and di ...
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Mexico City
Mexico City ( es, link=no, Ciudad de México, ; abbr.: CDMX; Nahuatl: ''Altepetl Mexico'') is the capital and largest city of Mexico, and the most populous city in North America. One of the world's alpha cities, it is located in the Valley of Mexico within the high Mexican central plateau, at an altitude of . The city has 16 boroughs or ''demarcaciones territoriales'', which are in turn divided into neighborhoods or ''colonias''. The 2020 population for the city proper was 9,209,944, with a land area of . According to the most recent definition agreed upon by the federal and state governments, the population of Greater Mexico City is 21,804,515, which makes it the sixth-largest metropolitan area in the world, the second-largest urban agglomeration in the Western Hemisphere (behind São Paulo, Brazil), and the largest Spanish language, Spanish-speaking city (city proper) in the world. Greater Mexico City has a gross domestic product, GDP of $411 billion in 2011, which makes ...
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Ariel Award In 2005
The XLVII Award of the Premio Ariel (2005) of the Academia Mexicana de Artes y Ciencias Cinematográficas took place on March 29 of 2005 at the Palacio de Bellas Artes. The Premio Ariel for the best movie was awarded to ''Temporada de patos''. List of winners and nominees Best film Winner ''Temporada de patos'' :Producers: Lulú Producciones, Cine Pantera, Fondo de inversión y estímulos al cine (Fidecine) and Instituto Mexicano de Cinematografía (Imcine) Nominees * '' Manos libres (Nadie te habla)'' :Producers: Producciones Tragaluz, Fondo de inversión y estímulos al cine (Fidecine) * ''Voces inocentes'' :Producers: Altavista Films, Organización Santo Domingo, Luis Mandoki Productions, Lawrence Bender Productions, Muvi Films and Toonxtudios Best director Winner Fernando Eimbcke for ''Temporada de patos'' Nominees * José Buil for ''Manos libres (Nadie te habla)'' * Luis Mandoki for ''Voces inocentes'' Best Iberoamerican film Winner ''Whisky'' by Pablo Stoll ...
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Presencias
''Presencias'' () is a 2022 Mexican horror thriller film directed by Luis Mandoki and written by Olivia Bond. Starring Alberto Ammann and Yalitza Aparicio. It premiered in the United States, Mexico, and Spanish-speaking territories on September 7, 2022, on Vix+. Synopsis Víctor Constantino returns to his father's cabin where he spent a good part of his childhood and where his younger sister drowned. Now it is his duty to sell it, but he did not expect someone (or something) to murder his pregnant wife. After this event, Victor does not remember what happened, but he is determined to find the person responsible along with Paulina, an independent young woman with good intentions, and María, who was his nanny. Cast The actors participating in this film are: * Alberto Ammann as Víctor * Yalitza Aparicio as Paulina * Andrea Santibañez as Alicia * Leo Danse Alos as Almita * Ariel Bonilla as Doctor Juan Esquivel * Analy Castro as Policewoman * Cher Constantine as Dr. Dávila * A ...
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La Vida Precoz Y Breve De Sabina Rivas
''La vida precoz y breve de Sabina Rivas'' () is a 2012 Mexican drama film directed by Luis Mandoki. The film received eleven nominations at the 55th Ariel Awards including Best Director for Mandoki. Plot Young Honduran teenagers, Sabina and Jovany, see each other again on the Mexican-Guatemalan border, after being apart for several years. She is working in a sleazy strip joint but wants to get to the United States and to be a great singer; he has become a member of la Mara Salvatrucha, a violent gang. At the border, they must cope with exploitation and harassment in a society dominated by brothel matrons and pimps, consular officials, immigration authorities, the army and la Mara Salvatrucha. Those in power organise drug trafficking; those lower down the pecking order also benefit from pimping or exploit illegal migrants. Sabina goes through a rough time and a complicated relationship with Jovany in attempt to cross the United States border and become a famous singer. She makes ...
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¿Quién Es El Señor López?
''¿Quién es el señor López?'' (Spanish for "Who is Mr. Lopez?") is a 2006 film made by film director Luis Mandoki. It is a political non-fiction film about the 2006 and 2012 Mexican presidential candidate Andrés Manuel López Obrador and the 2006 Mexican general election. The five-DVD documentary includes interviews with López Obrador and with journalists and academics, including Denise Dresser (ITAM), Lorenzo Meyer (COLMEX); the lawyers Néstor de Buen, Javier Quijano and Juventino Castro y Castro, all of them sympathizers with the Revolutionary Democratic Party of the candidate. The film author has given his work a copyleft Copyleft is the legal technique of granting certain freedoms over copies of copyrighted works with the requirement that the same rights be preserved in derivative works. In this sense, ''freedoms'' refers to the use of the work for any purpose, ... licence. It can be distributed at no cost. References External links * 2006 films Docu ...
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Trapped (2002 Film)
''Trapped'' is a 2002 crime thriller film directed by Luis Mandoki and starring Charlize Theron, Courtney Love, Stuart Townsend, Kevin Bacon, Dakota Fanning and Pruitt Taylor Vince. Based on Greg Iles' bestselling novel '' 24 Hours'', it follows a wealthy Portland, Oregon, couple whose daughter is kidnapped by a mysterious man and his wife who demand a ransom for unclear reasons. Filmed in British Columbia in the spring of 2001, ''Trapped'' was released theatrically by Columbia Pictures on September 20, 2002. It received largely unfavorable reviews from critics, and was a box-office bomb, earning $13.4 million against its $30 million budget. Plot Dr. Will Jennings, a research physician, has landed his major career break by patenting a new anesthetic drug. After speaking at a conference regarding the patent in a Seattle hotel, he is met by a strange woman, Cheryl, who introduces herself as an admirer of his work. Cheryl attempts to seduce Will in the hallway, before holding ...
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Angel Eyes (film)
''Angel Eyes'' is a 2001 American romantic drama film directed by Luis Mandoki and starring Jennifer Lopez, Jim Caviezel, Terrence Howard, and Jeremy Sisto. Written by Gerald Di Pego, the film is about a mysterious man who finds himself drawn to a female police officer with whom he forms a relationship that helps each to deal with trauma from their past. The original music score was composed by Marco Beltrami. The film received ALMA Award Nominations for Outstanding Actress (Jennifer Lopez) and Outstanding Director (Luis Mandoki). Plot On a wet rainy night in Chicago, police officer Sharon Pogue is at the scene of a serious traffic accident holding the hand of one of the victims, pleading that he hold on and not give up. One year later, Sharon is frustrated with the men she dates, and has become estranged from her family for having her father arrested for beating her mother Josephine. Her father and brother, Larry, have never forgiven her, and her anger is affecting her police wor ...
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Message In A Bottle (film)
''Message in a Bottle'' is a 1999 American romantic drama film directed by Luis Mandoki and based on Nicholas Sparks' 1998 novel of the same name. It stars Kevin Costner, Robin Wright (under her married name Robin Wright Penn) and Paul Newman, and was filmed in Maine, Chicago and Wilmington, North Carolina. The film was released on February 12, 1999 by Warner Bros. Pictures. The film was panned by the critics but was a moderate box office hit grossing $118 million against a $30 million budget. Plot Theresa Osborne, a former reporter, works as a researcher for the ''Chicago Tribune''. On a trip to Cape Cod, she finds a mysterious, intriguing and typed love letter in a bottle in the sand, addressed to Catherine. She is fascinated by it and shows it to her colleagues. They print it in their newspaper without the knowledge of Theresa and receive numerous responses. One of the responses contains an attached letter which was addressed to the same person and written in the same tone. ...
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When A Man Loves A Woman (film)
''When a Man Loves a Woman'' is a 1994 American romantic drama film directed by Luis Mandoki and written by Al Franken and Ronald Bass. The film stars Andy García, Meg Ryan, Tina Majorino, Mae Whitman, Ellen Burstyn, Lauren Tom and Philip Seymour Hoffman. ''When a Man Loves a Woman'' was released in the United States on April 29, 1994. For her performance as an alcoholism, alcoholic mother, Ryan received a Screen Actors Guild Award nomination for Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role - Motion Picture, Best Female Actor in a Leading Role. The film's title is taken from the When a Man Loves a Woman (song), song of the same name by Percy Sledge. Plot Alice Green is a school counselor who has a serious drinking problem and is married to Michael, an airline pilot. Though she is lighthearted and loving, Alice is often reckless and, when drunk, even neglects her children: nine-year-old Jess from a previous marriage, and four-year-old ...
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Born Yesterday (1993 Film)
''Born Yesterday'' is a 1993 American comedy film based on '' Born Yesterday'', a play by Garson Kanin. It stars Melanie Griffith, John Goodman and Don Johnson. It was adapted by Douglas McGrath and directed by Luis Mandoki. It is a remake of the 1950 film of the same name that starred Broderick Crawford, Judy Holliday (in an Oscar-winning performance) and William Holden. Plot A wealthy but crude businessman, Harry Brock, on a trip to the nation's capital, is socially embarrassed by his ditzy, uncultured showgirl girlfriend, Billie Dawn. He hires a reporter, Paul Verrall, to educate her ("teach her the ropes"). Harry comes to regret his idea when Billie not only becomes more savvy, questioning his unscrupulous deals and rebelling against his bullying, but also falls in love with Paul. Cast * Melanie Griffith as Billie Dawn * John Goodman as Harry Brock * Don Johnson as Paul Verrall * Edward Herrmann as Ed Devery * Max Perlich as JJ * Michael Ensign as Phillipe * Benjamin C. ...
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White Palace (film)
''White Palace'' is a 1990 American erotic romantic drama film directed by Luis Mandoki. It stars Susan Sarandon, James Spader, Jason Alexander, Kathy Bates, Steven Hill, Jeremy Piven, and Renee Taylor. It was written by Ted Tally and Alvin Sargent, based on the novel of the same name by Glenn Savan (who appears in the film as an extra with a small speaking part). It centers on the unlikely relationship between a young upper middle class widower (Spader) who falls in love with a middle-aged working class waitress (Sarandon) in St. Louis, Missouri. The original music score was composed by George Fenton. The film is marketed with the tagline "The story of a younger man and a bolder woman". Plot Twenty-seven-year-old St. Louis advertising executive Max Baron has completely shut himself off from the world in the two years since the auto accident that killed his wife Janey. On the way to his friend Neil's bachelor party, Max picks up fifty burgers from a diner called White Pala ...
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