A Better Life
2011 · 1h 38m · Drama · United States of America · Rated PG-13 (US)
Every father wants more for his son.
An Indigenous Latino American 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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