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From director Chris Weitz (About a Boy), A Better Life is a touching & poignant story that critics call "compelling," "intelligent" & "heartfelt." 1,394 IMDb 7.2 1 h 37 min 2011. X-Ray PG-13. Drama · Romance · Bleak · Inspiring. Available to rent or buy.
Summaries. A gardener in East L.A. struggles to keep his son away from gangs and immigration agents while trying to give his son the opportunities he never had. Carlos Galindo is a decent man, a Mexican single parent working as a gardener in California to raise Luis, his fourteen-year-old son, whom Carlos is frightened will drift into local ...
Jun 24, 2011 · Carlos Galindo (Demián Bichir), a Mexican undocumented immigrant and veteran Los Angeles day laborer, has trouble connecting with his son, Luis (José Julián), whose gang-affiliated girlfriend is...
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Feb 25, 2011 · 2.8K. 532K views 13 years ago. From the director of About a Boy comes A BETTER LIFE -- a touching, poignant, multi-generational story about a father's love and the lengths a parent will go to...
Jun 23, 2011 · 1h 38m. By Manohla Dargis. June 23, 2011. At one point in “A Better Life,” an emotionally resonant film about how we live now, the director Chris Weitz opens a scene with a pair of adorable,...
PG-13. Drama. arrow_forward. Ratings and reviews aren’t verified info_outline. Illegal immigrant and hardworking single dad Carlos Galindo (Demian Bichir) embarks on a physical and spiritual...
Jun 24, 2011 · Overview. A 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. Chris Weitz. Director. Eric Eason. Screenplay. Roger L. Simon. Story. Reviews 1. Discussions. A review by Filipe Manuel Neto.
