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7.2A 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.
Released: 2011-06-2498 minDir: Chris WeitzDramaBudget: $10.0MBox office: $1.8M
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
Themes
- california
- undocumented immigrant
- gardener
- parental sacrifice
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Ratings
IMDb
7.2/10
16,852 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
86%
Metacritic
64/100
- Year
- 2011
- Runtime
- 98 min
- Genres
- Drama, Romance
- Rated
- PG-13
- Awards
- Nominated for 1 Oscar. 5 wins & 10 nominations total
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- drama film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- Spanish
- Director
- Chris Weitz
- Cast member
- Nancy Lenehan
- Composer
- Alexandre Desplat
- Producer
- Jami Gertz
- Production company
- Summit Entertainment
- Cinematographer
- Javier Aguirresarobe
- Narrative location
- Los Angeles
- Filming location
- Los Angeles
- Duration
- 94
- FilmAffinity ID
- 472017
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- publication date
- 2011-01-01
- title
- A Better Life
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Actor
- distributed by
- Netflix
- review score
- 64/100
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