Bread & Roses

 

Pilar Padilla, Adrien Brody, Elpidia Carrillo,
Jack McGee, George Lopez, Benicio Del Toro
Lions Gate Films; Directed by Ken Loach
Rated R; 110 minutes; 2001
 
South American immigrant office cleaners Maya Montenegro (Pilar Padilla) and her sister Rosa Motenegro (Elpidia Carrillo) team up with lawyer Sam Shapiro (Adrien Brody) to fight for union rights for Los Angeles' immigrant janitors in this political drama.

In English and Spanish with English subtitles

 

"Vivid and spontaneous!"
-- Michael Wilmington, CHICAGO TRIBUNE

"This generation's 'Norma Rae'"
-- Elvis Mitchell, THE NEW YORK TIMES


 

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