The Precocious and Brief Life of Sabina Rivas (2012)
To dream of the american dream is easy, but it is difficult to cross Mexico.
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.
Key facts
- Released:
- 2012-11-09
- Runtime:
- 115 min
- Genres:
- Drama
- Director:
- Luis Mandoki
- Top cast:
- Greisy Mena, Joaquín Cosío, Fernando Moreno, Angelina Peláez, Tenoch Huerta Mejía, Beto Benitez
- Original language:
- ES
- TMDB rating:
- 7.2/10 from 125 votes
- Bynge Score:
- 6.9/10