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.
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Ken Loach
Director
Ron Perlman
as
Party Guest
Robin Tunney
as
Party Guest
Benicio Del Toro
as
Party Guest
Samuel West
as
Party Guest
Tim Roth
as
Party Guest
Adrien Brody
as
Sam Shapiro
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