Bread and Roses (2000)
Maya is a quick-witted young woman who comes over the Mexican border without papers and makes her way to the LA home of her older sister Rosa. Rosa gets Maya a job as a janitor: a non-union janitorial service has the contract, the foul-mouthed supervisor can fire workers on a whim, and the service-workers' union has assigned organizer Sam Shapiro to bring its "justice for janitors" campaign to the building. Sam finds Maya a willing listener, she's also attracted to him. Rosa resists, she has an ailing husband to consider. The workers try for public support; management intimidates workers to divide and conquer. Rosa and Maya as well as workers and management may be set to collide.
- Ken Loach
- Ricardo Méndez Matta
- Sharon Swab
- Susanna Lenton
- Bradley Morris
- Paul Laverty
Rating: 6.3/10 by 120 users
Alternative Title:
Pão e Rosas - BR
빵과 장미 - KR
Pan y rosas - ES
Country:
France
Germany
Italy
Spain
Switzerland
United Kingdom
Language:
English
Español
Runtime: 01 hour 50 minutes
Budget: $5,500,000
Revenue: $706,876
Plot Keyword: janitor, security guard, labor organizer, labor union, social realism
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