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.

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.

[3] Yann has to sell the building at a low price, not enough to pay all his debts, and has to move with Slimane from his nearby caravan to an unattractive room, which he rents from the buyer.