Alternative Title
Alternative Title 2 A Better Life
Original Title Une vie meilleure
Original Language French
Leading Actor Guillaume Canet
Second Actor Leïla Bekhti
Third Actor Slimane Khettabi
Director Cédric Kahn
Second Director
Producer Kristina Larsen
Scriptwriter Catherine Paillé
Film Type Drama
Country France
Date of Original Release 01/01/2011 00:00:00
Synopsis Yann (Guillaume Canet) and Nadia (Leïla Bekhti) fall in love. Nadia has acquired a crumbling building in a Paris suburb and the couple decide to renovate it to launch a restaurant. But things turn upside down, high financing costs make things difficult, and Nadia, has to accept a temporary work opportunity in Montreal to pitch in with extra money. She has to leave her son Slimane (Slimane Khettabi) to Yann. Things get even worse when Nadia disappears without a trace.[1] Yann has to sell the building at a low price, not enough to pay all his debts, and has to move with Slimane from his nearby caravan to an unattractive room, which he rents from the buyer. He robs the man and travels with Slimane to Canada. He finds Nadia, she is in custody. He comes to the prison but at first she refuses to accept the visit. The next day she allows him to visit her but to Slimane's regret she refuses to see him, out of shame. She is there for drug possession, but she is innocent. The next time she allows Yann to visit her with Slimane.
Part No 1
Production Company Les Films du Lendemain
Cinematographer Pascal Marti
Composer Akido
Editor Simon Jacquet
Title Number 1251
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Length of Program 110
Colour Colour
Sound 5.1
Screen Type 2.35:1
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Department FRENCH
Video Format DVD REGION 2
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