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- BFI identifier551494
- Date2000 (Copyright)
2001-04-27 (Release) - Production countryUnited Kingdom, Germany, Spain, France, Italy, Switzerland
- Production companyParallax (Bread and Roses) Ltd, Road Movies Filmproduktion GmbH, Tornasol Films, Alta Films, Parallax Pictures, British Screen, British Sky Broadcasting, BAC Films, BIM Distribuzione, Cinéart, Filmkollektiv AG (Zürich), FilmFour, WDR/ARTE, La Sept Cinéma, ARD, Degeto Film, Filmstiftung NRW, Recorded Picture Company, U.G.C.
- SynopsisDrama about the exploitation of Mexican and Salvadorean janitors who work in Los Angeles offices for low wages. A young Mexican woman, Maya, crosses the border from Tijuana to be reunited with her sister, Rosa, who helps her to find jobs, but these prove to be exploitative. Maya manages to get a job as a janitor but is dismayed to find her boss insists on a month's salary to cover what he terms 'commission'. When Maya meets a young American lawyer, Sam Shapiro, they join forces to campaign for justice and better pay for janitors. Note: the title is taken from an old strikers' refrain, "We want bread and Roses too", bread, a metaphor for wages; and roses, a metaphor for respect (Synopsis)
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- CreditsDirector: Ken Loach
©: Parallax (Bread and Roses) Ltd
©/Production Company: Road Movies Filmproduktion GmbH
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Title
Bread and Roses (Original)
Pan y rosas (Alternative)
EIDR identifier
10.5240/1046-C1A4-F6C4-C7B0-D7AB-PCategory
FictionThis work is included in the BFI Filmography.
This work is available to view in the Mediatheque at BFI Southbank.
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view all - ArticlesPremiere v14 n10 June 2001 - ReviewAcademia n29 Winter 2001 - Article, Credits, Synopsis, TablesFilm Review n605 May 2001 - ReviewVariety 15 May 2000 - Credits, Review, SynopsisSight and Sound v10 n7 July 2000 - Short Articleview all
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Work - 551494 - 2000 (Copyright)
United Kingdom - Film - Fiction
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