A Better Life(Movie, 2011)

Name: A Better Life
Genre: Drama
Released: 2011
Duration: T01:38:00
Rating: 3.6

PG-13

| 1h 38min | Genre: Drama

Rating: 3.6/5 (with 91 votes)

A Better Life is a 2011 American drama film directed by Chris Weitz and written by Eric Eason, based on a story by Roger L. Simon. It stars Demián Bichir as an undocumented immigrant gardener in Los Angeles who, along with his teenage son, attempts to find his stolen truck. The film received a limited release in the United States on June 24, 2011, by Summit Entertainment. For his performance, Bichir was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor. ()

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Awards & Nominations for A Better Life

nominated for: Academy Award for Best Actor

About A Better Life

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.

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Trailer for A Better Life + Featurettes/Teaser/Clips

A BETTER LIFE Trailer(Trailer, 2:16)

A BETTER LIFE Trailer (Trailer) | A Better Life ≣ 2011 ≣ Trailer ≣ OmU (Trailer, DE)

Additional Information

Production country: United States of America (USA)

Shot in: São Paulo, Los Angeles (California)

Plays in: Los Angeles (California)

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

Original language: English (EN)

Spoken languages: English (EN), Spanish (ES)

Translated into 23 languages: Bulgarian (BG), Czech (CS), Danish (DA), German (DE), English (EN), Spanish (ES), Finnish (FI), French (FR), Hebrew (HE), Hungarian (HU), Italian (IT), Japanese (JA), Korean (KO), Latvian (LV), Dutch (NL), Polish (PL), Portuguese (PT), Romanian (RO), Russian (RU), Swedish (SV), Turkish (TR), Ukrainian (UK), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)

Status: Released

Release date US: 06/24/2011

Cast: Demián Bichir, Dolores Heredia, Joaquín Cosío Osuna, Tom Schanley, Nancy Lenehan

Director: Chris Weitz

Producer: Paul Junger Witt, Christian McLaughlin, Jami Gertz

Screenwriter: Eric Eason

Director of Photography: Javier Aguirresarobe

Composer: Alexandre Desplat

Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):

"Una vida mejor"

"Une vie meilleur"

"Better Life, A"

"Una Vida Mejor"

Keywords: stolen truck, california, garden, immigrant, truck, undocumented immigrant, gardener

Budget: 10,000,000 USD

Revenue: 1,759,252 USD (= 18%)

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A Better Life(Movie, 2011)

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