The Precocious and Brief Life of Sabina Rivas

The Precocious and Brief Life of Sabina Rivas

2012
1h 55m
7.1

7.1/10

119 votes • View on IMDb

"To dream of the american dream is easy, but it is difficult to cross Mexico."

Overview

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 Doña Lita, Don Nico the Mexican Consul in Tecún Umán, the drug trafficking networks, the army and la Mara Salvatrucha.

Status: Released

Budget: $4,620,000

Revenue: $2,395,000

Language: ES

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Production Information

Production Companies
Churchill Toledo Consejo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes
Production Countries
Mexico
Spoken Languages
Spanish

Quick Facts

Original Title La vida precoz y breve de Sabina Rivas
Release Date November 9, 2012
Status Released
Language ES
IMDb ID tt2062575
Website Visit Site

Cast

Greisy Mena
Greisy Mena

Sabina Rivas

Joaquín Cosío
Joaquín Cosío

Burrona

Fernando Moreno
Fernando Moreno

Jovany

Angelina Peláez
Angelina Peláez

Doña Lita

Tenoch Huerta Mejía
Tenoch Huerta Mejía

Juan

Beto Benitez
Beto Benitez

Tata Añorve

Nick Chinlund
Nick Chinlund

Patrick

Mario Zaragoza
Mario Zaragoza

Sarabia

Argél Galindo
Argél Galindo

Jefe Mara-Poisson

Dagoberto Gama
Dagoberto Gama

General Valderrama

Zaide Silvia Gutiérrez
Zaide Silvia Gutiérrez

Madre de Sabina Rivas

Julián Pastor
Julián Pastor

Invitado a la fiesta de Cossío

Key Crew

Diana Cardozo
Screenplay
Luis Mandoki
Director