Bread and Roses (2000)

User Rating:

7.1/10   

Director:

Ken Loach

Writer:

Paul Laverty (screenplay)

Release Date:

22 September 2000 (Greece)

Genre:

Drama

Tagline:

The Balance Of Power Is About To Change.

Plot:

Two Latina sisters work as cleaners in a downtown office building, and fight for the right to unionize.

Plot Keywords:

Justice | Mexican | Union | Mexican Border | Supervisor

Awards:

5 wins & 10 nominations

Cast

Pilar Padilla	...	Maya
Adrien Brody	...	Sam Shapiro
Elpidia Carrillo	...	Rosa
Jack McGee	...	Bert
Monica Rivas	...	Simona
Frankie Davila	...	Luis (as Frank Davila)
Lillian Hurst	...	Anna
Mayron Payes	...	Ben
Maria Orellana	...	Berta
Melody Garrett	...	Cynthia
Gigi Jackman	...	Dolores
Beverly Reynolds	...	Ella
Eloy Méndez	...	Juan (as Eloy Mendez)
Elena Antonenko	...	Maria
Olga Gorelik	...	Olga

Also Known As:

Bread & Roses (alternative spelling)
Bread and Roses (France)
Brot und Rosen (Germany)
Pan y rosas (Spain)

MPAA:

Rated R for strong language and brief nudity.

Runtime:

110 min

Country:

UK | France | Germany | Spain | Italy | Switzerland

Language:

English | Spanish

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Iceland:L | USA:TV-MA (cable rating) | Argentina:13 | Canada:14A | France:U | Germany:12 | Hong Kong:IIB | Netherlands:AL | South Korea:18 | Spain:T | Sweden:11 | Switzerland:12 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:12 (canton of Vaud) | UK:15 | USA:R

Filming Locations:

Doheny Library - 3550 Trousdale Parkway, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Parallax Pictures

Trivia:

Adrien Brody signed on without a script, because he trusted the director Ken Loach.

Quotes:

Sam: We want bread. But we want roses too.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Ocean's Thirteen (2007)

Let's have more movies with a social conscience like this.

What a joy it was to see this movie appear at the downtown cineplex. A fine alternative to the mindless action mush that permeates present day Hollywood cinema.We need more films that challenge the power structure out there which controls so much of our lives. Cinema could and should mobilize people into taking on those who oppress us instead of turning us into passive receptors of loud obnoxious junk put out by those same oppressors. It doesn't take a sociologist to realize that this is the intent. I was deeply touched by the trials and tribulations of these helpless people working in humiliating underpaid jobs. I was completely blown away by the character Rosa during her powerful emotional confrontation with her sister.There are so many millions of people out there who slave in menial jobs. They ought to see this movie but most won't as its probably out of reach anyway. Strictly for the film buffs and the art houses. I'm sure that there will be very few movies like this in the near future.