A Better Life (Une vie meilleure) 12 years old

A Better Life

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.

Credits

A Better Life Cast

Name Character
Guillaume Canet He was 38, now 51 years old as Yann
Leïla Bekhti She was 27, now 40 years old as Nadia
Nicolas Abraham He was 93, 56 years old when he died as L'entrepreneur
Slimane Khettabi as Slimane
Abraham Belaga He was 25, now 38 years old as Le marchand de sommeil
Brigitte Sy She was 55, now 68 years old as La femme bénévole surendettement
François Favrat He was 59, now 71 years old as Le banquier

A Better Life Crew

Name Department
Simon Jacquet as Editor. Editing
Pascal Marti as Director of Photography. He was 62 (now 74) years old Camera
Gilles Sandoz as Producer. He was 59 (now 71) years old Production
Kristina Larsen as Producer. She was 33 (now 46) years old Production
Cédric Kahn as Director. He was 45 (now 58) years old Directing
Cédric Kahn as Screenplay. He was 45 (now 58) years old Writing
Catherine Paillé as Screenplay. She was 31 (now 43) years old Writing
A Better Life poster
A Better Life (12 years)

  • Release day: Tuesday, January 03, 2012
  • Runtime: 110 minutes