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Director
  
Budget
  
5 million USD

Duration
  

Language
  
English

7/10
IMDb

Genre
  
Drama, Romance

Music director
  
Country
  
United StatesMexico

Gaby: A True Story movie poster

Release date
  
October 30, 1987

Writer
  
Michael Love, Luis Mandoki (developer), Martin Salinas

Initial release
  
October 30, 1987 (New York City)

Cast
  
(Sari), (Florencia), (Michel), (Gaby), (Fernando), (Luis)

Similar movies
  
Related Luis Mandoki movies

Tagline
  
The mind sets limitations. The heart surpasses them.

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Gaby: A True Story is a 1987 American-Mexican drama biographical film directed by Luis Mandoki and starring Rachel Chagall (who, at the time, was billed under her real name, Rachel Levin), Norma Aleandro, Liv Ullmann and Robert Loggia. It was written by Michael Love and Martín Salinas. It chronicles the lives of Gabriela Brimmer, a Mexican writer and disability rights activist, and her caretaker, Florencia Sánchez Morales.

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Synopsis

The story chronicles the life of Gaby Brimmer, the child of Austrian refugees living in Mexico, who is born with cerebral palsy. Though most of her body is completely paralyzed, her mind and left foot is unaffected, and she is able to become a college graduate and an acclaimed author.

Cast

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  • Rachel Levin as Gabriela Brimmer
  • 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
  • Reception

    The New York Times said the film was blunt and unsentimental. It praised Aleandro very highly.

    Academy Awards


  • Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress (Aleandro)
  • Casting Society of America

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  • Best Casting – Motion Picture Drama
  • Golden Globe Awards


  • Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama (Chagall)
  • Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture (Aleandro)

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    References

    Gaby: A True Story Wikipedia
    Gaby: A True Story IMDb Gaby: A True Story themoviedb.org