- Source: Gaby: A True Story
Gaby: A True Story is a 1987 biographical drama film directed by Luis Mandoki. An international co-production of the United States and Mexico, it stars Rachel Chagall (who, at the time, was billed under her real name, Rachel Levin), Norma Aleandro, Liv Ullmann, and Robert Loggia. Written by Michael Love and Martín Salinas, the film chronicles the lives of Gabriela Brimmer, a Mexican writer and disability rights activist, and her caretaker, Florencia Sánchez Morales.
Synopsis
The story chronicles the life of Gaby Brimmer, the child of Austrian Jewish refugees living in Mexico, who is born with cerebral palsy. Though most of her body is completely paralyzed, her mind and left foot are unaffected, and she is able to become a college graduate and an acclaimed author.
Cast
Rachel Chagall as Gabriela Brimmer (billed as Rachel Levin)
Norma Aleandro as Florencia Sánchez Morales
Liv Ullmann as Sari Brimmer, Gaby's mother
Robert Loggia as Michel Brimmer, Gaby's father
Susana Alexander as Dr. Betty Modley, Sari's sister and Gaby's aunt
Lawrence Monoson as Fernando
Robert Beltran as Luis
Beatriz Sheridan as Fernando's mother
Tony Goldwyn as David
Release
The film was released in the United States on October 30, 1987. In the Philippines, the film was released on June 2, 1988.
= Critical response
=Janet Maslin of The New York Times said the film was blunt and unsentimental, and praised Aleandro very highly.
Award nominations
References
External links
Gaby: A True Story at IMDb
Gaby: A True Story at Box Office Mojo
Gaby: A True Story at Rotten Tomatoes
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- National Board of Review Awards 1987
- José Antonio Garcia (penata suara)
- Liv Ullmann
- Aktris Terbaik (Golden Globe) - Drama
- Tony Goldwyn
- Academy Award untuk Aktris Pendukung Terbaik
- Aktris Pendukung Terbaik (Golden Globe)
- Academy Awards ke-60
- Kontroversi Karmapa
- Daftar film Indonesia
- Gaby: A True Story
- Rachel Chagall
- Nailea Norvind
- Alfonso Cuarón filmography
- Johanna Ray
- Luis Mandoki
- Gabriela Brimmer
- Alfonso Cuarón
- Lawrence Monoson
- Norma Aleandro
