CinemaOSMovie · 2012 · 1h 55m

The Precocious and Brief Life of Sabina Rivas

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

72%(129)IMDbDrama

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.

Directed byLuis Mandoki

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Status
Released
Runtime
1h 55m
Language
ES
Released
November 9, 2012
Budget
$4,620,000
Revenue
$2,395,000
Studios
Consejo Nacional para la Cultura y las ArtesChurchill Toledo

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Cast & crew

10 credited
Starring
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

Creative team
Directed by
Luis Mandoki
Luis Mandoki
Written by
Diana Cardozo

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