Jun 24, 2011
98 min
Full-HD

A Better Life (2011)

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.

Category

Drama

Country

United States of America

Companies

McLaughlin Films Depth of Field Summit Entertainment Lime Orchard Productions Witt/Thomas Productions

Demián Bichir

Carlos Riquelme

José Julián

Luis Galindo

Chelsea Rendon

Ruthie Valdez

Dolores Heredia

Anita

Joaquín Cosío

Blasco Martinez

Carlos Linares

Santiago

Bobby Soto

Facundo

Nancy Lenehan

Mrs. Donnely

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