# Bread and Roses (2000) — on MUBI?

- **Director:** Ken Loach
- **Cast:** Pilar Padilla, Adrien Brody, Jack McGee, Monica Rivas, Frankie Davila
- **Genres:** Drama
- **Runtime:** 106 min
- **MUBI rating:** 7.8/10 (776 ratings)

## Available on MUBI in
- 🇮🇹 Italy — until October 31

## Also streaming on
- 🇮🇹 Italy: Amazon Prime Video

## Synopsis
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.

Watch on MUBI: https://mubi.com/films/bread-roses

Page: https://mubimap.com/film/bread-and-roses/ · Data: MUBI catalog (42 countries) + TMDB · Updated 2026-09-10