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Quick Info

Rating

7.1/10

Release2011

Runtime1h 38m

StatusReleased

Budget$10,000,000

Revenue$1,800,000

Production

McLaughlin Films

Depth of Field

Summit Entertainment

Lime Orchard Productions

Witt/Thomas Productions

Movie

A Better Life

2011

1h 38m

7.1

Drama

Synopsis

A gardener in East L.A. struggles to keep his son away from gangs and immigration agents while traveling across town to perform landscaping work for the city's wealthy landowners.

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