Bread and Roses(2000)

Name: Bread and Roses
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Released: 2000-09-14
Duration: 110 min
Rating: 6.3
Cast: Pilar Padilla, Adrien Brody, Jack McGee, Monica Rivas, Frankie Davila

The Balance of Power Is About to Change

6.3

(131 votes)

1h 50m

September 14, 2000

Comedy Drama

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Sinopsis

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.

Director: Ken Loach

Guionista: Paul Laverty