Bread and Roses

6.3 / 10

(131 votes)

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.

Country:

United Kingdom,

Germany,

Spain

Genre:

Comedy,

Drama

Duration:

110 minutes

Year:

2000

Director:

Ken Loach

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Company:

Parallax Pictures,

Road Movies,

Tornasol Media,

Alta Films

Budget:

$5,500,000

Revenue:

$706,876

Cast:
Pilar Padilla

Maya

Adrien Brody

Sam Shapiro

Jack McGee

Bert

Monica Rivas

Simona

Frankie Davila

Luis

Crew:
Ken Loach

Director

Ronnie Yeskel

Casting

Ulrich Felsberg

Executive Producer

Richard Hicks

Casting

Bradley Morris

Second Second Assistant Director