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Bread and Roses

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.

2000 |1h 50m |  Comedy, Drama

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Cast

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Pilar Padilla

Maya

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Adrien Brody

Sam Shapiro

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Jack McGee

Bert

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Lillian Hurst

Anna

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Elpidia Carrillo

Rosa

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George Lopez

Perez

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Blake Clark

Mr. Griffin

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Gigi Jackman

Dolores

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Sherman Augustus

Ernest

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Pepe Serna

Restaurateur

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Tom Gilroy

Director of Campaigns

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Benicio del Toro

Party Guest (uncredited)

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Samuel West

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Tim Roth

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Vanessa Angel

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William Atherton

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Lara Belmont

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Oded Fehr

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Rick Otto

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Chris Penn

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Ron Perlman

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Robin Tunney

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More Details

Status

Released

Language

English, Spanish

Budget

$5,500,000.00

Revenue

$706,876.00