Bread and Roses

Bread and Roses

Bread and Roses

The Balance of Power Is About to Change

Release date : 2000-09-14

Production country :

United Kingdom,

Germany,

Spain,

France,

Italy,

Belgium,

Switzerland

Production company :

Parallax Pictures,

Road Movies,

Tornasol Media,

Alta Films,

Bac Films,

BiM Distribuzione,

Cinéart,

Filmkollektiv Zürich AG,

Film4 Productions,

WDR/Arte,

La Sept Cinéma,

ARD Degeto,

Filmstiftung Nordrhein-Westfalen

Status : Released

Durasi : 110 Min.

Popularity : 0.671

6.3

Total Vote : 125

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.