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The Precocious and Brief Life of Sabina Rivas
The Precocious and Brief Life of Sabina Rivas

The Precocious and Brief Life of Sabina Rivas

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

Genres

Drama

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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.

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Budget

$4620000

Revenue

$2395000

Status

Released

Original Language

Spanish

Runtime

115 mins

Rating

7/10

Release Date

09 November 2012

Country

Mexico

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

Zaide Silvia Gutiérrez

Zaide Silvia Gutiérrez

Madre de Sabina Rivas

Julián Pastor

Julián Pastor

Invitado a la fiesta de Cossío

Luis Yee

Luis Yee

Pedro

Miguel Flores

Miguel Flores

Don Nico

Tito Vasconcelos

Tito Vasconcelos

Presentador Tijuanita

Asur Zagada

Asur Zagada

Thalia

José Sefami

José Sefami

Lic. Cossío

Pierre Suriano

Pierre Suriano

Marvis

Moisés Manzano

Moisés Manzano

Padre de Sabina Rivas

José Coronas

José Coronas

Lagrimitas

Tony Dalton

Tony Dalton

John

Marco Pérez

Marco Pérez

Alipio. Narco-Piloto

José Enot

José Enot

Borracho Tijuanita

Raúl Morquecho

Raúl Morquecho

Flaco con lentes

Ana Lilia Nucamendi

Ana Lilia Nucamendi

Esposa de Dimas

Tomihuatzi Xelhuantzi

Tomihuatzi Xelhuantzi

Taxista

Synead Magali

Synead Magali

Bailarina

Ana Kupfer

Ana Kupfer

Cigarrera Tijuanita

Úrsula Tania Mansur

Úrsula Tania Mansur

Teibolera

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