Gaby, a True Story (1987)
1987 · Movie · 120 min. · United States
Synopsis of Gaby, a True Story (1987)
The life story of Gabriela Brimmer, a victim of cerebral palsy. Born in Mexico just after the Second World War, Gaby, as she's called, is for the first several years of her life thought to be either a vegetable or, to quote her doctor, a child of normal intelligence "locked inside a body that cannot respond." Her maid notices that she is resisting food and realizes that she can control her foot. From there Gaby learns to write, study and becomes an artist, writer and activist.
Direction Luis Mandoki
Cast Liv Ullmann · Norma Aleandro · Robert Loggia · Rachel Chagall · Lawrence Monoson · Robert Beltran · Enrique Lucero · Ana Ofelia Murguía · Nailea Norvind · Cecilia Tijerina · Zaide Silvia Gutiérrez · Beatriz Sheridan · Susana Alexander · Eduardo López Rojas
Soundtrack Maurice Jarre
Screenplay Michael James Love · Martín Salinas
Cinematography Lajos Koltai
Original title Gaby, a True Story
6.7
171 votes (FilmAffinity)
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