A Better Life (2011)
Every father wants more for his son.
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.
- Date of release
- 2011-06-24
- TMDB
- 7.2 / 10 (292)
- Runtime
- 1h 38m
- Genres
- Drama
- Director
- Chris Weitz
Casting
- Demián Bichir — Carlos Riquelme
- José Julián — Luis Galindo
- Chelsea Rendon — Ruthie Valdez
- Dolores Heredia — Anita
- Joaquín Cosío — Blasco Martinez
- Carlos Linares — Santiago
- Bobby Soto — Facundo
- Nancy Lenehan — Mrs. Donnely
- Gabriel Chavarria — Ramon
- Tim Griffin — Charlie
- Isabella Rae Thomas — Linda
- Giselle Nieto — Gigi
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