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| Directed by | Cédric Kahn |
| Produced by | Kristina Larsen Daniel Louis Denise Robert Gilles Sandoz |
| Screenplay by | Cédric Kahn Catherine Paillé |
| Starring | Guillaume Canet Leïla Bekhti Slimane Khettabi |
| Music by | Akido |
| Cinematography | Pascal Marti |
| Editing by | Simon Jacquet |
| Distributed by | Alliance Vivafilm |
| Release date(s) | September 13, 2011 (Toronto Film Festival) January 4, 2012 (France) |
| Country | France |
| Language | French |
Une vie meilleure also known by its English release title A Better Life is a 2011 French film directed by Cédric Kahn and starring Guillaume Canet, Leïla Bekhti and introducing Slimane Khettabi.
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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]