6.3 of 10 (117 reviews)

Bread and Roses

Movie NR 6.3 2000 110 min

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.

Country:

France

Genre:

Comedy, Drama

Year:

2000

Director:

Ken Loach

Stars:

Adrien Brody, Jack McGee, Pilar Padilla

Tags:

janitor, labor organizer, labor union, security guard, social realism