Bread and Roses Movie Review 2000

Typical Loach political polemic--this time about union organizing of janitors (many of them illegals) in Los Angeles. Maya (Padilla) is an illegal immigrant from Mexico who's working for an office cleaning company. She meets union organizer Sam (Brody) who convinces Maya to join with him, even though she not only risks her job but deportation. Things go from bad to worse for Maya but Loach never takes the easy road and his characters are flawed human beings rather than mere symbols. English and Spanish with subtitles.

Distribution

Studio Home Entertainment, 11846 Ventura Blvd., 3rd Fl., Studio City, CA 91604, Phone: (818)762-0005, Fax: (818)762-0006, Email: SterlingHE@aol.com, URL: http://www.studiohomeentertainment.com

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 106 minutes.
Originally from British.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Labor & Unions, L.A., Immigration, Brothers & Sisters

Screenplay

Paul Laverty

Cast

Adrien Brody, Elpidia Carrillo, Pilar Padilla, George Lopez, Jack McGee, Alonso Chavez

Cinematography

Barry Ackroyd

Director

Ken Loach

Music

George Fenton

Other

Ray Beckett, Jonathan Morris, Michele Michel, Martin Johnson

Producer

Rebecca O'Brien, Parallax Pictures, Road Movies, Alta Films SA, Tornasol Films SA, Lions Gate Films