The Precocious and Brief Life of Sabina Rivas (2012)

La vida precoz y breve de Sabina Rivas

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

116 min★ 6.7 · 1,230 votes

• 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.

Release date

November 9, 2012

Country of origin

Mexico

Music

Alejandro Castaños, Pablo Valero

Budget

$4,620,000

Box office

$2,395,000