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A Better Life

1220111h 50mCédric Kahn
IMDb 7.2 · Rotten Tomatoes 86% · Metacritic 64

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Yann, a cook, and Nadia, a waitress and mother of 9-year-old child, decide to risk everything on the purchase of a restaurant. With plenty of talent, energy, love and dreams, but no finance of their own, they find themselves forced into a jungle of financing and bank loans that quickly overwhelms them. To bail them out, Nadia has to take a job in Canada, while Yann is forced to stay behind to save the restaurant. Together, he and the child confront a relentless avalanche of creditors, an uncaring system and the daily grind from which there is no respite… Yann finally understands that his only chance of salvation lies in joining his lover – as well as reuniting mother and child – by following Nadia to Canada and a better life.

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What is A Better Life (2011) about?

Yann, a cook, and Nadia, a waitress and mother of 9-year-old child, decide to risk everything on the purchase of a restaurant. With plenty of talent, energy, love and dreams, but no finance of their own, they find themselves forced into a jungle of financing and bank loans that quickly overwhelms them. To bail them out, Nadia has to take a job in Canada, while Yann is forced to stay behind to…

Who stars in A Better Life?

A Better Life stars Guillaume Canet (Yann), Leïla Bekhti (Nadia), Slimane Khettabi (Slimane), Abraham Belaga (Le marchand de sommeil), Nicolas Abraham (L'entrepreneur). The film was directed by Cédric Kahn.

How long is A Better Life?

A Better Life has a runtime of 1 min and premiered in 2011. It is rated 12.

Is A Better Life worth watching?

A Better Life holds an IMDb rating of 7.2/10. On Rotten Tomatoes it scores 86. Fans of Drama are most likely to enjoy it — TasteRay can tell you how well it matches your personal taste.

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