A Better Life

"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."

Cast

Demián Bichir

as Carlos Riquelme

José Julián

as Luis Galindo

Chelsea Rendon

as Ruthie Valdez

Dolores Heredia

as Anita

Joaquín Cosío

as Blasco Martinez

Carlos Linares

as Santiago

Bobby Soto

as Facundo

Nancy Lenehan

as Mrs. Donnely

Gabriel Chavarria

as Ramon

Tim Griffin

as Charlie

Isabella Rae Thomas

as Linda

Giselle Nieto

as Gigi

Eddie 'Piolin' Sotelo

Crew

Chris Weitz

Director

Eric Eason

Screenplay

Dottie Starling

Visual Effects Supervisor

Missy Stewart

Production Design

Ian Fox

Camera Operator

Scott A. Hecker

Supervising Sound Editor

Yehuda Maayan

Sound Mixer

Kirk R. Gardner

Steadicam Operator

Alexandra Patsavas

Music Supervisor

Jami Gertz

Producer

Robb Earnest

Production Supervisor

Roger L. Simon

Story

Chris Weitz

Producer

Merrick Morton

Still Photographer

Trampas Thompson

Stunt Coordinator

Carla Hool

Casting

Christopher Tandon

Art Direction

Peter Lambert

Editor

Javier Aguirresarobe

Director of Photography

Joseph Middleton

Casting

Liliana M. Molina

Script Supervisor

Stacey Lubliner

Producer

Paul Junger Witt

Producer

Laura Greenlee

Unit Production Manager

Elaine Montalvo

Costume Design

Tony Thomas

Executive Producer

Christian McLaughlin

Producer

Bryan Venegas

Set Decoration

Kirk R. Gardner

Camera Operator

Alexandre Desplat

Original Music Composer

Laura Greenlee

Co-Producer

Michael Hatzer

Digital Intermediate Colorist