A Better Life is a 2011 American drama film directed by Chris Weitz and written by Eric Eason. It is based on the story of Roger L. Simon and following an American illegal immigrant gardener and his son found their stolen rental truck. DemiÃÆ'¡n Bichir was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor.
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Plot
Carlos Galindo works as a gardener in Los Angeles. His son, Luis, is studying in high school. He spends time with gang members, who surround him. Although Luis did not follow his steps, he studied for education. However, this forces him to become a gang member.
Carlos's younger brother, Anita, borrowed $ 12,000 from a family emergency fund for Carlos to buy a Blasco truck. This was later stolen by Santiago, which Carlos leases. The next day, Carlos and Luis go to the South Central apartment complex, where it is used as a residence for illegal immigrant workers. One person told two people that Santiago was working as a nightclub dishwasher. Carlos and Luis head to the restaurant, which will open at night. At the rodeo, Luis mentioned to Carlos about his mother leaving them. He does not like Mexican music and culture. After finding Santiago in the nightclub, Carlos and Luis interrogate him. They learned that he had sold the truck to the garage and sent the money to his family in El Salvador. Luis gets mad at Carlos for defending the man and leaving the restaurant. The next day, Carlos convinces Luis to have a second chance. When they got the truck, they were arrested by the police.
Carlos was arrested and jailed as one of the illegal immigrants. In prison, Luis reconciled with Carlos. When they promised each other that he was coming back, Carlos boarded the deportation bus. Luis spent time with the family, while Carlos and other illegal immigrants went through the desert.
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Cast
- DemiÃÆ'¡n Bichir as Carlos Galindo
- JosÃÆ' Â © JuliÃÆ'¡n as Luis Galindo
- Dolores Heredia as Anita
- Carlos Linares as Santiago
- Eddie "PiolÃÆ'n" Sotelo as Himself
- JoaquÃÆ'n CosÃÆ'o as Blasco Martinez
- Nancy Lenehan as Mrs. Donnely
- Gabriel Chavarria as Ramon
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The film is unusual among Hollywood productions set in the Hispanic community and features almost entirely Hispanic players. Weitz uses films to explore the culture and geography of Los Angeles. Father Gregory Boyle of Homeboy Industries, run by former gang members, helped Weitz and his crew by locating and making their films as authentic as possible. The writing language was modified to reflect the slang language used in Los Angeles, even reflecting language differences from street to street.
Release
The film was released on June 24, 2011.
Critical reception
A critical response to positive A Better Life is positive. The film received a fresh "86%" rating from Rotten Tomatoes. Metacritic's critical aggregator awarded the film a score of 64 out of 100, signaling "generally positive reviews". DemiÃÆ'¡n Bichir was nominated for an Academy Award as the lead actor on January 24, 2012. Manola Dargis, film critic for The New York Times, called the film "Touching and Shocking." Peter Travers from Rolling Stone calls the movie "haunting movies under your skin." Writing for Entertainment Weekly, Dave Karger called "Better Life" an "unflattering, yet very powerful drama with a great central performance by DemiÃÆ'¡n Bichir." Karger calls the film "a reward challenger" and writes, "With proper reviews and commercial acceptance, it could go even further."
Roger Ebert, of the Chicago Sun-Times, wrote that "the show was perfect" and he gave the film 3.5 stars from 4. The New Yorker critic Richard Brody wrote: This story is revealed without hagiography, compassion, or artificial heroism, as filmmakers approach the lives of ordinary people with simple sympathy and imaginative sympathy Amy Biancolli, writing at the Houston Chronicle, says "It's straight, true and heartbreaking, masterstroke minimalist raw emotional".
Awards
Telenovela Version
Telemundo produces telenovela, Bajo el mismo cielo , starring Gabriel Porras and MarÃÆ'a Elisa Camargo. The series airs from July 28, 2015 to January 25, 2016.
References
External links
- Better Life on IMDb
- Better Life at AllMovie
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