Movie
A Better Life
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.
Details
- Release date
- 2011-06-24
- Runtime
- 98 min
- Genres
- Drama
- Status
- Released
- Production
- McLaughlin Films, Depth of Field, Summit Entertainment, Lime Orchard Productions, Witt/Thomas Productions
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Demián Bichir as Carlos Riquelme
- José Julián as Luis Galindo
- Chelsea Rendon as Ruthie Valdez
- Dolores Heredia as Anita
- Joaquín Cosío as Blasco Martinez
- Carlos Linares as Santiago
- Bobby Soto as Facundo
- Nancy Lenehan as Mrs. Donnely
- Gabriel Chavarria as Ramon
- Tim Griffin as Charlie
- Isabella Rae Thomas as Linda
- Giselle Nieto as Gigi
Crew
- Chris Weitz - Director
- Eric Eason - Screenplay
- Roger L. Simon - Story
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