The Precocious and Brief Life of Sabina Rivas (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.
Director:
Luis Mandoki
Writer:
Diana Cardozo
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Greisy Mena as Sabina Rivas |
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Joaquín Cosío as Burrona |
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Fernando Moreno as Jovany |
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Angelina Peláez as Doña Lita |
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Tenoch Huerta Mejía as Juan |
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Beto Benitez as Tata Añorve |
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Nick Chinlund as Patrick |
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Mario Zaragoza as Sarabia |
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Argél Galindo as Jefe Mara-Poisson |
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Dagoberto Gama as General Valderrama |
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Zaide Silvia Gutiérrez as Madre de Sabina Rivas |
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Julián Pastor as Invitado a la fiesta de Cossío |
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Luis Yee as Pedro |
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Miguel Flores as Don Nico |
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Tito Vasconcelos as Presentador Tijuanita |
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Asur Zagada as Thalia |
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José Sefami as Lic. Cossío |
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Pierre Suriano as Marvis |
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Moisés Manzano as Padre de Sabina Rivas |
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José Coronas as Lagrimitas |
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Tony Dalton as John |
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Marco Pérez as Alipio. Narco-Piloto |
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José Enot as Borracho Tijuanita |
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Raúl Morquecho as Flaco con lentes |
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Ana Lilia Nucamendi as Esposa de Dimas |
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Tomihuatzi Xelhuantzi as Taxista |
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Synead Magali as Bailarina |
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Ana Kupfer as Cigarrera Tijuanita |
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Úrsula Tania Mansur as Teibolera |
| Writing | Rafael Ramírez Heredia | Novel |
| Art | Antonio Muñohierro | Production Design |
| Writing | Diana Cardozo | Screenplay |
| Costume & Make-Up | Adela Cortázar | Costume Design |
| Editing | Mariana Rodríguez | Editor |
| Directing | Luis Mandoki | Director |
| Camera | Damián García | Director of Photography |
| Directing | Nadia Ayala Tabachnik | Second Assistant Director |
| Crew | Adrian Duran Martinez | Special Effects Coordinator |