A Better Life

2011 PG-13 1h 38m 7.2

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.

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 undocumented immigrant.

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Studio(s): McLaughlin Films, Depth of Field

Originally Released: United States on Jun 24, 2011

Box Office Gross: $1,863,419.00

Budget: $10,000,000.00

Genres: Drama, Romance