A Better Life

Name: A Better Life
Genre: Drama
Released: 2011-06-24
Duration: 1 h 38 min
Rating: 7.1
Cast: Demián Bichir, José Julián, Chelsea Rendon, Dolores Heredia, Joaquín Cosío

Every father wants more for his son.

A Better Life (2011)

Timing: 1:38 (98 min)

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Release date

2011-06-24

Country

United States

Production

Summit Entertainment, Witt/Thomas Productions, Depth of Field, McLaughlin Films, Lime Orchard Productions

Genre

Drama

Budget

$10 000 000

Revenue

$1 863 506

Website

Director

Chris Weitz

Actors

Demián Bichir, José Julián, Chelsea Rendon, Dolores Heredia, Joaquín Cosío, Carlos Linares, Bobby Soto, Nancy Lenehan, Gabriel Chavarria, Tim Griffin
All actors and roles (10)

Scenario

Producer

Paul Junger Witt, Chris Weitz, Jami Gertz, Christian McLaughlin, Stacey Lubliner, Tony Thomas

Operator

Javier Aguirresarobe

Composer

Alexandre Desplat

Artist

Audition

Joseph Middleton, Carla Hool

Editing

Peter Lambert, Robb Earnest
All team (29)

Short description

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.

What's left behind the scenes

Before the actors performed the stunts on set, director Chris Weitz performed each one himself.

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