Gaby: A True Story
First screened in September 2012 / Most recently screened in August 2016
Director: Luis Mandoki. Cast: Rachel Levin, Norma Aleandro, Liv Ullmann, Robert Loggia, Lawrence Monoson, Beatriz Sheridan, Robert Beltran, Paulina Gómez,
Tony Goldwyn, Ana Ofelia Murguía, Carolyn Valero, Enrique Lucero, Eduardo Noriega. Screenplay: Michael Love, Martín Salinas, and Luis Mandoki. Twitter Capsule:
Peremptory script. Never quite cinematic, but a moving, mostly unsquishy story of disability. Ullmann too vague.
Second Capsule:
The usual tropes of disability drama with a few thoughtful exceptions and a stellar Norma Aleandro performance.
VOR:②
Worth debating just how fresh this story is in handling disability, opportunity, and sexuality. Feels racially whitewashed and ensconced in wealth. Still, few films even go here.
