Bread and Roses

Sep 14, 2000

1h 50m

★ 6.3

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.

Genres

Comedy

Drama

Production Companies

Parallax Pictures

Road Movies

Tornasol Media

Alta Films

Bac Films

BiM Distribuzione

Cinéart

Filmkollektiv Zürich AG

Film4 Productions

WDR/Arte

La Sept Cinéma

ARD Degeto

Filmstiftung Nordrhein-Westfalen

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Cast

Maya

Pilar Padilla

Sam Shapiro

Adrien Brody

Bert

Jack McGee

Simona

Monica Rivas

Luis

Frankie Davila

Anna

Lillian Hurst

Berta

Maria Orellana

Cynthia

Melody Garrett

Rosa

Elpidia Carrillo

Perez

George Lopez

Janitor

Rosa Ayala

Ben

Mayron Payes

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No overview available.

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