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7.0/10
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Two Latina sisters work as cleaners in a downtown office building, and fight for the right to unionize.Two Latina sisters work as cleaners in a downtown office building, and fight for the right to unionize.Two Latina sisters work as cleaners in a downtown office building, and fight for the right to unionize.
- Awards
- 5 wins & 10 nominations
Frankie Davila
- Luis
- (as Frank Davila)
Eloy Méndez
- Juan
- (as Eloy Mendez)
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Did you know
- TriviaAdrien Brody signed on without a script, because he trusted the director Ken Loach.
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Vivid dramatic depiction of workers' struggle and perseverance
"Bread and Roses" is an engaging film about immigrant workers' struggles against poverty, state violence, and economic exploitation. I saw "Bread and Roses" at the Denver Film Festival thinking it was going to be a dry, lecturing documentary. Instead, it was a nuanced and complex dramatic depiction of powerful and engaging characters. It is rare to find such a politically charged film that is made so effective by presenting very human characters struggling with the contradictions of everyday life. It allows us to appreciate the tough choices we all make in conditions not of our own choosing--it allows us to explore issues outside of the knee-jerk judgments of good guy/bad guy and appreciate the very human responses to often inhuman circumstances we all participate in creating. The acting is generally very good, especially for a "low budget" production, but the main character's older sister delivers a monologue on her struggles with deprivation that still chills me to the bone even though I saw it months ago. Sorry for leaving out the details, but this is one film whose details you'll want to discover for yourself.
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- Mar 7, 2001
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- Also known as
- Pan y rosas
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Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $533,479
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $49,662
- May 13, 2001
- Gross worldwide
- $706,876
- Runtime1 hour 50 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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