A gardener in East L.A. struggles to keep his son away from gangs and immigration agents while trying to give his son the opportunities he never had.A gardener in East L.A. struggles to keep his son away from gangs and immigration agents while trying to give his son the opportunities he never had.A gardener in East L.A. struggles to keep his son away from gangs and immigration agents while trying to give his son the opportunities he never had.
- Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 5 wins & 10 nominations total
Demián Bichir
- Carlos Galindo
- (as Demian Bichir)
Bella Balajadia
- Bella
- (as Isabella Balajadia)
- Director
- Writers
- All cast & crew
- Production, box office & more at IMDbPro
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaDirector Chris Weitz liked to do all the dangerous scenes in the script before he asked his cast to perform them. A stunt double taught Weitz and Demián Bichir how to climb a palm tree, and although Weitz was first to successfully climb one, Bichir did go on to film all the scenes himself, without a stunt double. Weitz told the audience at a SAG Screening: "That is why in my films there are not many scenes that require stunt doubles".
- GoofsAt 21:10, the size and shape of the bread that Santiago is giving to Carlos Galindo is different from different angles.
- Quotes
Carlos Galindo: This country is a land of dreams. It can be a hard place, a cruel place. But it's where I work, and I dream of a better place for my son.
- SoundtracksRolex
Written by Thaka Dillo and Cx Kidtronik (as Christopher Davis)
Performed by Cx Kidtronik (as CX Kidtronik) and Tchaka Diallo
Courtesy of Tchaka Diallo
Featured review
Greetings from Lithuania.
"Better Life" was a really good movie. It reminded my another good movie about similar life "The Visitor". This is a really inspiring and touching movie about single fathers "journey" to make a better life for his son (or as they say, to find American dream). The way is hard, and sure not everyone can go through it. It's really rare in these days to see such a simple story on a big screen, not overdone in special effects and stuff like that.
If you like simple and quiet but powerful stories, "Better Life" is one not to be missed.
"Better Life" was a really good movie. It reminded my another good movie about similar life "The Visitor". This is a really inspiring and touching movie about single fathers "journey" to make a better life for his son (or as they say, to find American dream). The way is hard, and sure not everyone can go through it. It's really rare in these days to see such a simple story on a big screen, not overdone in special effects and stuff like that.
If you like simple and quiet but powerful stories, "Better Life" is one not to be missed.
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- Also known as
- The Gardener
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Box office
- Budget
- $10,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $1,759,252
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $62,087
- Jun 26, 2011
- Gross worldwide
- $1,863,506
- Runtime1 hour 38 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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