Bread and Roses (2000)
★ 7.8/10 · 759 ratings on MUBI
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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| Director | Ken Loach |
| Cast | Pilar Padilla, Adrien Brody, Jack McGee, Monica Rivas, Frankie Davila |
| Year | 2000 |
| Runtime | 106 min |
| Genres | Drama |
| Available in | 🇮🇹 Italia |
