Bread and Roses

Bread and Roses

2000
1h 50m
6.3

6.3/10

133 votes • View on IMDb
Comedy Drama

"The Balance of Power Is About to Change"

Overview

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.

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Status: Released

Budget: $5,500,000

Revenue: $706,876

Language: EN

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Production Information

Production Companies
Parallax Pictures Road Movies Tornasol Media Alta Films
Production Countries
United Kingdom Germany Spain
Spoken Languages
English Spanish

Keywords

janitor security guard labor organizer labor union social realism

Quick Facts

Release Date September 14, 2000
Status Released
Language EN
IMDb ID tt0212826

Cast

Pilar Padilla
Pilar Padilla

Maya

Adrien Brody
Adrien Brody

Sam Shapiro

Jack McGee
Jack McGee

Bert

Monica Rivas
Monica Rivas

Simona

Frankie Davila
Frankie Davila

Luis

Lillian Hurst
Lillian Hurst

Anna

Maria Orellana
Maria Orellana

Berta

Melody Garrett
Melody Garrett

Cynthia

Elpidia Carrillo
Elpidia Carrillo

Rosa

George López
George López

Perez

Rosa Ayala
Rosa Ayala

Janitor

Mayron Payes
Mayron Payes

Ben

Key Crew

Ken Loach
Director
Ulrich Felsberg
Executive Producer
Paul Laverty
Writer
Rebecca O'Brien
Producer