Bread and Roses
The Balance of Power Is About to Change
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.
Comedy
Drama
6.3
132 reviewsRuntime: 110 min.
Budget: $5,500,000
Revenue: $706,876
Release Date: 2000-09-14
Director(s): Ken Loach
Production: Parallax Pictures, Road Movies, Tornasol Media, Alta Films
Languages: English, Spanish
IMDB: tt0212826
