La vida precoz y breve de Sabina Rivas

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

Nov 9 2012 Not Rated 1h 56m
Adventure, Drama, Romance

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.

Plot

At the Mexican-Guatemalan border, young teenage lovers Sabina and Jovany, both Hondurans, accidentally meet again after some years apart. 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 clash with the most adverse conditions at the border, including white slavery, Mexican and American migratory agents Burrona and Patrick, brothel matron Doña Lita, Don Nico the Mexican Consul in Tecún Umán, the drug-trafficking networks, the army, and La Mara Salvatrucha.

Written by

Diana Cardozo, Rafael Ramírez Heredia

Directed by

Luis Mandoki

Cast

Joaquín Cosio, Greisy Mena, Fernando Moreno

Crew

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Production Countries

Mexico

Production Companies

Consejo Nacional para la cultura y las artes, Churchill Toledo

Languages

Español

Awards

9 wins & 15 nominations

Trailers
Trailer The Precocious and Brief Life of Sabina Rivas
Scores
# of Votes
1,160
Average Rating
6.7 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
NA