Bread and Roses (R)

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synopsis

A young Mexican woman crosses the border into LA to join her sister, who works as a janitor in some of the city's largest corporate offices. Surrounded by the machinations of big business, the sisters seek happiness on a smaller but more human scale as they try to organize a janitorial union.

details

Drama
1 hr. 50 min.
Opened May 11th, 2001

director

Ken Loach

writer

Paul Laverty

MovieGoer Review

Operating within a popular theme--the working man rising up--Bread and Roses comes off as an electrifying and distinctively Mexican version of the 1979 Norma Rae.

Story

A young Mexican woman, Maya (Pilar Padilla) is a... MORE

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synopsis

A young Mexican woman crosses the border into LA to join her sister, who works as a janitor in some of the city's largest corporate offices. Surrounded by the machinations of big business, the sisters seek happiness on a smaller but more human scale as they try to organize a janitorial union.

details

Drama
1 hr. 50 min.
Opened May 11th, 2001

director

Ken Loach

writer

Paul Laverty

MovieGoer Review

Operating within a popular theme--the working man rising up--Bread and Roses comes off as an electrifying and distinctively Mexican version of the 1979 Norma Rae.

Story

A young Mexican woman, Maya (Pilar Padilla) is a... MORE