Bread and Roses (2001)

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Rating: R
Release Date: May 11, 2001
Running Time: 110 mins. (V)
Additional Notes: dialogue English and Spanish
Country Of Origin: United Kingdom
Country Of Origin: Germany
Country Of Origin: Spain
Country Of Origin: Switzerland
Country Of Origin: France
Country Of Origin: Italy
director: Ken Loach
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. A chance meeting with a passionate American activist leads to a guerilla campaign against their employers. The fight threatens their livelihood, family, and risks their expulsion from the country.
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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.

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A young Mexican woman, Maya (Pilar Padilla) is anxious to come to America and live a better life. In a daring opener, she illegally crosses the California/Mexican border, and with a few glitches, she eventually joins her older sister, Rosa (Elpidia Carrillo) in Los Angeles. For Rosa, a life trying to support her two children and… Continued

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