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A Better Life

Year
2011
Director
Chris Weitz
Runtime
98 min
Genre
Drama
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Synopsis

An Indigenous Latino American gardener in East L.A. struggles to keep his son away from gangs and immigration agents while traveling across town to perform landscaping work for the city's wealthy landowners.

Festival record

  • LFF 11
  • CAN 11

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Cast

  • Demián BichirCarlos Riquelme
  • José JuliánLuis Galindo
  • Chelsea RendonRuthie Valdez
  • Dolores HerediaAnita
  • Joaquín CosíoBlasco Martinez
  • Carlos LinaresSantiago
  • Bobby SotoFacundo
  • Nancy LenehanMrs. Donnely
  • Gabriel ChavarriaRamon
  • Tim GriffinCharlie

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