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Bread and Roses

The Balance of Power Is About to Change

★ 6.3 (129 votes) | 2000 | 1h 50m
ComedyDrama
Overview

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.

Details
  • Status Released
  • Release Date September 14, 2000
  • Budget $5,500,000
  • Revenue $706,876
  • Production Parallax Pictures, Road Movies, Tornasol Media, Alta Films

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