A Better Life

A Better Life

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2011-07-28

Languages:

English, Spanish

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

98 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

7.2 (12520 Reviews)

Director:

Chris Weitz

Genres:

Drama

Cast:

Writer:

Eric Eason (screenplay)

Roger L. Simon (story)

Fullplot:

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.

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