Bread and Roses (2000 film)
- Pilar Padilla: Maya
- Adrien Brody: Sam Shapiro
- Elpidia Carillo: Pink
- Jack McGee: Bert
- Monica Rivas: Simona
- Frank Davila Luis
- Lillian Hurst: Anna
- Mayron Payes: Ben
- Maria Orellana: Berta
- Melody Garrett: Cynthia
- Gigi Jackman: Dolores
- Beverly Reynolds: Ella
- Eloy Méndez Juan (as Eloy Mendez )
Bread and Roses, also known under the title of Bread and Roses, is a feature film by director Ken Loach from the year 2000. Tells the story of the illegal immigrant Maya, which works to improve the working conditions of their lawless colleagues.
Action
Maya is an illegal immigrant from Mexico to the U.S. to her older sister Rosa. This gives her a job as a cleaner in a tariff -free cleaning company in the Rosa works as employees. Maya is part of that army of workers of all nationalities who at night to polish up for a pittance, the elegant high-rise buildings in the business districts of Los Angeles.
Unlike her sister Rosa, who also lives in the metropolis, Maya can not accept to submit to shameless exploitation it. Then when suddenly the unconventional union official Sam Shapiro shows up, starts an uphill battle against the degrading conditions. While Sam is courting public support for his struggle after fair working conditions, management is trying to sow discord among the workers. It also comes to the conflict between Maya and her sister. In addition, Sam falls in love with Maya, she is married, however, and feels her husband committed.
Background
The film shows the work of so-called organizers in U.S. unions, who have achieved great success, particularly in difficult industries with significantly low wages and below-average level of organization in recent years against the background of the campaign " Justice for Janitors ".
Reviews
" A shot in documentary - style hand-held camera hopeful utopia about the power of the individual and solidarity with the disenfranchised, authentically played by professional and non-actors. At first glance, old-fashioned ', the film hits exactly the right balance between dedicated thesis and entertaining piece of political theater. "