A Better Life

Cédric Kahn Drama 2011 France 1h50m

Yann and Nadia 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 to Yann. Things get even worse when Nadia disappears without a trace.