The Precocious and Brief Life of Sabina Rivas

The Precocious and Brief Life of Sabina Rivas

115 mins | Drama | Nov. 9, 2012

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.

The Precocious and Brief Life of Sabina Rivas

115 mins | Drama | Nov. 9, 2012

The Precocious and Brief Life of Sabina Rivas
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.
IMDb rating 6.7
Producers Consejo Nacional para la cultura y las artes, Churchill Toledo
Original title La vida precoz y breve de Sabina Rivas
Directors Nadia Ayala Tabachnik, Luis Mandoki
Writers Rafael Ramírez Heredia, Diana Cardozo

Cast

Joaquín Cosío

as Burrona

Greisy Mena

as Sabina Rivas

Fernando Moreno

as Jovany

Angelina Peláez

as Doña Lita

Mario Zaragoza

as Sarabia

Beto Benitez

as Añorve

Nick Chinlund

as Patrick

Argél Galindo

as Poisson

Dagoberto Gama

as General Valderrama

Miguel Flores

as Don Nico

Luis Yee

as Pedro

Asur Zagada

as Thalia

Tony Dalton

as John

José Sefami

as Lic. Cossío

Ana Kupfer

as Cigarrera Tijuanita