Bread and Roses

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:

France,

Germany,

Italy,

Spain,

Switzerland,

United Kingdom

Genre:

Comedy,

Drama

Duration:

110 minutes

Year:

2000

Director:

Ken Loach

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Company:

Alta Films S.A.,

Parallax Pictures,

Film4 Productions

Budget:

$5,500,000

Revenue:

$706,876

Cast:

Maya

Sam Shapiro

Bert

Simona

Luis

Crew:

Director

Writer

Director of Photography

Producer

Production Design