A Better Life

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drama film film

A Better Life is a 2011 drama film about an undocumented Mexican gardener in Los Angeles struggling to provide a better future for his son, directed by Chris Weitz.

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A Better Life canonical 4
A Better Life (film) 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf drama film ⓘ
film ⓘ
academyAwardNomination Best Actor for Demián Bichir ⓘ
basedOn La Misma Luna (inspiration, thematic similarity) ⓘ
cinematographer Javier Aguirresarobe ⓘ
cityOfSetting Los Angeles ⓘ
composer Alexandre Desplat ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
countryOfSetting United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
demianBichirRole Carlos Galindo ⓘ
demographicFocus Latino community in Los Angeles ⓘ
director Chris Weitz ⓘ
distributedIn theatrical release ⓘ
distributor Summit Entertainment ⓘ
editor Peter Lambert ⓘ
festivalScreening Los Angeles Film Festival ⓘ
filmingLocation Los Angeles, California, United States of America ⓘ
surface form: Los Angeles, California
follows an undocumented Mexican gardener in Los Angeles ⓘ
genre drama ⓘ
independent film ⓘ
hasPoster A Better Life (2011 film) theatrical poster ⓘ
hasTagline Every father wants more for his son. ⓘ
imdbId tt1554091 ⓘ
joseJulianRole Luis Galindo ⓘ
mainCharacter Carlos Galindo ⓘ
Luis Galindo ⓘ
mpaaRating PG-13 ⓘ
notableFor portrayal of undocumented immigrants in the United States ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
Spanish ⓘ
producer Christian McLaughlin ⓘ
Jami Gertz ⓘ
Paul Junger Witt ⓘ
productionCompany Summit Entertainment ⓘ
Witt/Thomas/Harris Productions ⓘ
surface form: Witt-Thomas Productions
releaseDate 2011-06-24 ⓘ
releaseYear 2011 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes 98 ⓘ
screenwriter Eric Eason ⓘ
starredActor Bobby Soto ⓘ
Demián Bichir ⓘ
Dolores Heredia ⓘ
Joaquín Cosío ⓘ
José Julián ⓘ
Nancy Lenehan ⓘ
theme American Dream ⓘ
father–son relationship ⓘ
immigration ⓘ

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Chris Weitz → notableWork → A Better Life ⓘ
Chris Weitz → directed → A Better Life ⓘ
Demián Bichir → notableWork → A Better Life ⓘ
Demián Bichir → nominatedForWork → A Better Life ⓘ
Weitz → notableWork → A Better Life ⓘ
subject surface form: Chris Weitz
this entity surface form: A Better Life (film)