The Precocious and Brief Life of Sabina Rivas

The Precocious and Brief Life of Sabina Rivas (2012)

09/11/2012
Drama
1h 55m

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.

  • Luis MandokiDirector
  • Diana CardozoScreenplay
  • Original Title

    La vida precoz y breve de Sabina Rivas

  • Status

    Released

  • Original Language

    Spanish

  • Budget

    $4,620,000

  • Revenue

    $2,395,000

Keywords

  • refugee camp
  • drug trafficking
  • singer
  • mexican
  • mexican army
  • sex slavery
  • bar dancer

Top Billed 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

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