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A Better Life
A Better Life
Release Date
29 Jul 2011
TBA
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Certificate:
12A
Genre:
Drama
Determined to give his estranged teenage son a better future, Carlos Riquelme, an illegal immigrant, buys a used truck and gardening equipment to start a business. However, when the truck is stolen, he and his son work together to recover it, reconnecting for the first time in years.
Cast:
Demian Bichir
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Jose Julian
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Dolores Heredia
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Joaquin Cosio
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Carlos Linares
Writers:
Eric Eason
Producers:
Directors:
Chris Weitz
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3/5 Stars.
Movies.ie Critic Review
LA, and illegal immigrant Carlos (Bichir) is struggling to make ends meet, scraping by as a gardener, whilst his teenage son, Luis (Julian), has begun hanging out with the wrong crowd. Convinced by his regular employer Blasco (Cosio) to buy his truck, Carlos branches out on his own. But life quickly takes a turn for the worst…
THE VERDICT: Living below the radar in America can be demoralising, dull and dangerous, and, when you’re dealing with a good guy like Carlos, heartbreaking. Director Chris Weitz takes a distinctly left turn after About A Boy and New Moon for this muted, underplayed tale of hard times in East LA for a Mexican immigrant, and he’s helped enormously in his quest by a towering central performance from Demian Bichir. Towering because Bichir keeps all the pain, the hurt, the frustration and disappointment bottled up inside.
Review by Paul Byrne
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