A Better LifeDirected by Cédric Kahn
Produced by Les Films du Lendemain
Genres : Fiction - Runtime : 1 h 50 min
French release : 04/01/2012
Production year : 2011
DirectorActorsSynopsisYann, a cook, and Nadia, a waitress and mother of 9-year-old boy, 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 pushed 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 boy confront a relentless avalanche of
creditors, an uncaring system and the daily grind from which there is no respite… until Yann finally
understands that his only chance of salvation lies in joining his lover – as well as reuniting mother and child – and following Nadia to Canada and a better life. Production photos (20)
Posters gallery (2)Press book (2)Production and distributionAssociate production company : Les Films du Lendemain
Executive producer : Les Films du Lendemain
Co-production : Mars films, Maïa Cinéma, France 2 Cinéma
Foreign production company : Cinémaginaire
Film export/Foreign Sales : Wild Bunch
French distribution : Mars Distribution
Full creditsExecutive Producer : Kristina Larsen
Assistant Director : Valérie Megard
Screenwriters : Cédric Kahn, Catherine Paillé
Foreign Producers : Daniel Louis, Denise Robert
Co-producer : Gilles Sandoz
Director of Photography : Pascal Marti
Sound Recordists : Olivier Mauvezin, Marie-Claude Gagné, Sylvain Bellemare, Olivier Dô Hûu
Production Manager : Aude Cathelin
Press Attaché (film) : André-Paul Ricci
Editor : Simon Jacquet
Production Designers : François Abelanet, Emmanuel Frêchette
Music Composer : Akido
Casting : Antoine Carrard
Costume Designer : Nathalie Raoul
Technical detailsFeature film
Genres : Fiction
Sub-genre : Drama
Production language : French
Nationality : Majority French (France, Canada)
Production year : 2011
French release : 04/01/2012
Runtime : 1 h 50 min
Current status : Released
Visa number : 127.074
Visa issue date : 30/12/2011
Approval : Yes
Color type : Color
Aspect ratio : 2.35
Sound format : Dolby
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