Bread and Roses

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.

Genres:

Comedy, Drama

Release:

May 10, 2000

Production:

Alta Films S.A. , Parallax Pictures , Film4 Productions

Casts:

Pilar Padilla, Adrien Brody, Jack McGee, Monica Rivas, Frankie Davila, Lillian Hurst, Maria Orellana, Melody Garrett, Elpidia Carrillo, George Lopez, Benicio del Toro, Rosa Ayala, Mayron Payes, Blake Clark, Samuel West, Tim Roth, Gigi Jackman, Beverly Reynolds, Eloy Méndez, Elena Antonenko, Olga Gorelik, Estela Maeda, Sherman Augustus, Roscio Saenz, Pepe Serna, Tony Rizzoli, Tom Gilroy, Vanessa Angel, William Atherton, Lara Belmont, Cooper Campbell, Oded Fehr, Gary Fredo, Stuart Gordon, Rick Otto, Chris Penn, Ron Perlman, Robin Tunney