A Better Life (2011)

A Better Life (2011)

  • 7.2
  • 1h 38min
  • Drama, Romance
  • 2011-07-28 (USA)

Storyline

Carlos Galindo is a decent man, a Mexican single parent working as a gardener in California to raise Luis, his fourteen-year-old son, whom Carlos is frightened will drift into local gang culture. Carlos buys a truck for his work with money loaned by his sister but a shifty new employee steals it from him and, though Carlos and Luis track the thief down, he has sold the truck. Father and son bond as they reclaim the vehicle from the pound but Carlos attracts police attention, making his future in America uncertain when it is discovered that he is an illegal immigrant.



Short Review

Nadia leaves her son with her lover Yann (Guillaume Canet - brilliant performance by the boyfriend of Marion Cotillard) to find work in Canada after their restaurant plans have crumbled. Yet Nadia disappears without a trace leaving Yann to struggle with costs, selling the building, living in unhealthy conditions and taking care of the young boy. With little left he follows her to Canada finding her in a desolate situation. Intensely emotional drama about the downward spiral of a young couple with high hopes but no happy endings.


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