Bread and Roses

IMDb 6.3 2000 • 110 min • ComedyDrama

Director

Ken Loach

Country

GB

Plot Summary

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.

Top Cast

Pilar Padilla
Pilar Padilla Maya
Adrien Brody
Adrien Brody Sam Shapiro
Jack McGee
Jack McGee Bert
Monica Rivas
Monica Rivas Simona
Frankie Davila
Frankie Davila Luis