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Bread & Roses
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Bread & Roses

Jul 18, 1993
3h 14m
★ 8.0

A survivor for whom mere survival was not enough

Overview

Based upon the life of activist and trade unionist (and later MP) Sonja Davies. The film covers her life up to 1956, when, at age 33, she was elected to the Nelson Hospital Board. During this period she develops strong socialist beliefs, marries and divorces, at age 17 trains as a nurse, has a romance (and a child) with an American marine who is killed in WWII action. She battles tuberculosis and marries a former boyfriend when he returns from the war. She becomes part of a women's ill-fated campaign to save the Nelson railway line from closure and begins to be elected to political bodies.

Genres

Drama
War

Production Companies

Preston Laing
New Zealand Film Commission

Cast

Geneviève Picot

Sonja

Geneviève Picot

Mick Rose

Charlie

Mick Rose

Donna Akersten

mrs. Mackersey

Donna Akersten

Raymond Hawthorne

Mr. Mackersey

Raymond Hawthorne

Tina Regtien

Con

Tina Regtien

Erik Thomson

Red

Erik Thomson

Theresa Healey

Peggy

Theresa Healey

Frances Kewene

Maisie

Frances Kewene

Emily Perkins

Joan

Emily Perkins

Larissa Matheson

Dot

Larissa Matheson

Katherine McRae

Syd

Katherine McRae

Janet Fisher

Ruth Page

Janet Fisher

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