La vida precoz y breve de Sabina Rivas
La vida precoz y breve de Sabina Rivas (lit. 'The precocious and brief life of Sabina Rivas') is a 2012 Mexican drama film directed by Luis Mandoki. The film received eleven nominations at the 55th Ariel Awards including Best Director for Mandoki.[1]
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| Directed by | Luis Mandoki |
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| Screenplay by | Diana Cardozo |
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| Cinematography | Damián García |
| Edited by | Mariana Rodríguez |
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Running time | 116 minutes |
| Country | Mexico |
| Language | Spanish |
Plot
Young Honduran teenagers, Sabina and Jovany, see each other again on the Mexican-Guatemalan border, after being apart for several years. She is working in a sleazy strip joint but wants to get to the United States and to be a great singer; he has become a member of la Mara Salvatrucha, a violent gang.
At the border, they must cope with exploitation and harassment in a society dominated by brothel matrons and pimps, consular officials, immigration authorities, the army and la Mara Salvatrucha. Those in power organise drug trafficking; those lower down the pecking order also benefit from pimping or exploit illegal migrants.
Cast
- Greisy Mena as Sabina Rivas
- Joaquín Cosío as Burrona
- Fernando Moreno as Jovany
- Angelina Peláez as Doña Lita
- Mario Zaragoza as Sarabia
- Beto Benitez as Añorve
- Nick Chinlund as Patrick
- Miguel Flores as Don Nico
- Argél Galindo as Poisson
- Tenoch Huerta Mejía as Juan
- Dagoberto Gama as General Valderrama
- Luis Eduardo Yee as Pedro
- Tito Vasconcelos as Presentador Tijuanita
- José Sefami as Cossío
- Asur Zagada as Thalía
Awards and nominations
| Award / Film Festival | Date of ceremony | Category | Recipient(s) and nominee(s) | Result | Ref(s) |
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| Ariel Awards | 2013 | Best Director | Luis Mandoki | Nominated | [1] |
| Best Actress | Greisy Mena | Nominated | |||
| Best Supporting Actress | Angelina Peláez | Won | |||
| Best Adapted Screenplay | Diana Cardozo | Nominated | |||
| Best Cinematography | Damián García | Nominated | |||
| Best Sound | Martin Hernández and Fernando Cámara | Nominated | |||
| Best Original Score | Alejandro Castaños | Nominated | |||
| Best Art Direction | Antonio Muñohierro | Won | |||
| Best Costume Design | Adela Cortázar | Nominated | |||
| Best Makeup | Alfredo García and Carla Tinoco | Nominated | |||
| Best Special Effects | Adrián Durán | Won | |||
External links
References
- "Ariel — Ganadores y nominados —La vida precoz y breve de Sabina Rivas" (in Spanish). Asociación Mexicana de Artes y Ciencias Cinematográficas. 2013. Retrieved April 5, 2017.