Bread and Roses
Bread and Roses
Release: 2000-09-14
·Runtime: 110m
·★ 6.3
Comedy
Drama
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.
Production Countries
United Kingdom
Germany
Spain
Production Companies
Parallax Pictures
Road Movies
Tornasol Media
Alta Films
Cast
Pilar Padilla
as Maya
Adrien Brody
as Sam Shapiro
Jack McGee
as Bert
Lillian Hurst
as Anna
Elpidia Carrillo
as Rosa
George López
as Perez
Blake Clark
as Mr. Griffin
Gigi Jackman
as Dolores
Yelena Antonenko
as Maria
Sherman Augustus
as Ernest
Pepe Serna
as Restaurateur
Tom Gilroy
as Director of Campaigns
Benicio del Toro
as Party Guest (uncredited)
Samuel West
as Party Guest (uncredited)
Tim Roth
as Party Guest (uncredited)
Vanessa Angel
as Party Guest (uncredited)
William Atherton
as Party Guest (uncredited)
Lara Belmont
as Party Guest (uncredited)
Oded Fehr
as Party Guest (uncredited)
Gary Fredo
as Police Sergeant (uncredited)
Stuart Gordon
as Party Guest (uncredited)
Rick Otto
as Party Guest (uncredited)
Chris Penn
as Party Guest (uncredited)
Ron Perlman
as Party Guest (uncredited)
Robin Tunney
as Party Guest (uncredited)
