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A better life
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The work A better life represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Evanston Public Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Moving Image, Visual Materials.

The Resource A better life
Label
A better life
Statement of responsibility
Summit Entertainment presents ; in association with Lime Orchard Productions ; a Witt-Thomas/Depth of Field production ; in association with McLaughlin Films ; produced by Paul Junger Witt, Christian McLaughlin ... [and others] ; screenplay by Eric Eason ; directed by Chris Weitz
Contributor
  • Summit Entertainment
  • Aguirresarobe, Javier, 1948-
  • Bichir, Demián, 1963-
  • Eason, Eric
  • McLaughlin, Christian
  • Weitz, Chris, 1969-
  • Witt, Paul Junger, 1943-2018
Subject
  • Fathers and sons -- Drama
  • Feature films
  • Fiction films
  • Immigrants -- United States -- Drama
  • Undocumented immigrants -- United States -- Drama
  • Video recordings for the hearing impaired
Genre
  • Drama
  • Feature films
  • Fiction films
  • Video recordings for the hearing impaired
Language
  • eng
  • spa
  • eng
  • spa
  • eng
  • eng
Summary
Illegal immigrant and hardworking dad Carlos Galindo always dreamed of a better life for his wife and newborn son when he crossed the border into the U.S. But when his wife left him, Carlos's only goal became to make sure his son Luis was given the opportunities he never had. A story that follows father and son as they embark on a physical and spiritual journey where they discover that family is the most important part of the American dream
Cataloging source
TEFMT
Characteristic
videorecording
Credits note
Music, Alexandre Desplat ; editor, Peter Lambert ; director of photography, Javier Aguirresarobe
Dewey number
791.43/72
Intended audience
MPAA rating: PG-13; for some violence, language and brief drug use
Language note
In English or dubbed Spanish, with optional Spanish subtitles; English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
LC call number
PN1997.2
LC item number
.B48 2011
PerformerNote
Demian Bichir, José Julián
Runtime
98
Target audience
adult
Technique
live action

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  • A better life, Summit Entertainment presents ; in association with Lime Orchard Productions ; a Witt-Thomas/Depth of Field production ; in association with McLaughlin Films ; produced by Paul Junger Witt, Christian McLaughlin ... [and others] ; screenplay by Eric Eason ; directed by Chris Weitz

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