Name: Bread and Roses
Director: Ken Loach
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Released: 2000-09-14
Duration: 1 h 50 min
Cast: Pilar Padilla, Adrien Brody, Jack McGee, Monica Rivas

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Bread and Roses (2000)

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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.

Critical Reception & Ratings

Bread and Roses, the 2000 drama directed by Ken Loach, has received critical acclaim for its sympathetic portrayal of the struggles of janitors organizing for better working conditions. The film has not received major awards recognition, but has an IMDb rating of 7.2/10 and a Rotten Tomatoes score of 77%, indicating a generally positive reception from audiences.

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Fans of acclaimed social realist director Ken Loach will appreciate the gritty, heartfelt portrayal of the struggles of immigrant janitors fighting for better working conditions in 'Bread and Roses' (2000). Featuring naturalistic performances from Pilar Padilla and Adrien Brody, the film blends humor and drama to shed light on the human impact of labor injustice.

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Bread and Roses is a 2000 film directed by Ken Loach, starring Pilar Padilla, Adrien Brody and Elpidia Carrillo. The plot deals with the struggle of poorly paid janitorial workers in Los Angeles and their fight for better working conditions and the right to unionize. It is based on the "Justice for Janitors" campaign of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU), and the lead union organizer, Sam Shapiro, is based on SEIU organizer Jono Shaffer.