Bread and Roses Page #2

Synopsis: 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.
Genre: Drama
Director(s): Ken Loach
Production: Lions Gate Releasing
  5 wins & 10 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.1
Metacritic:
57
Rotten Tomatoes:
65%
R
Year:
2000
110 min
Website
495 Views


Are you lost?

No, I 'm fine. Do you know anyone

here who could help me get a job?

No, but I can ask around.

Hey, gentlemen. Guys!

-She can 't hang in here.

-I 'm making sure she 's alright.

She 's alright.

She was getting ready to leave.

-She 's fine.

-She 's doing nothing wrong.

Look, you know the policies.

She can 't hang in here.

Are you sure you 'll be okay?

Come on, man. We 're late. He 's just

doing his job. He 's a good guy.

-Big f***ing donkey.

-What the f*** he 's saying?

-Long streak of piss. Let 's go.

-What the f*** did he say?

I gotcha. Pina...

whatever f*** did he say.

Your hair, I don 't know,

I think it 's not...

Can you turn around so I can see it?

Can you turn sideways?? Turn around?

Yeah, that 's not good.

It has to be tighter, because it 's

very dangerous, some machines.

The uniform is a little too big.

Can I see it tightened??

Can you hold it on your waist

and pull it tighter so I can...

Yeah, that 's nice.

Good. That 's better.

-That 's nice.

-Well...

thanks for this chance, Mr. Perez.

I 'll work hard.

I know you will. I know.

It 's time we got someone young here,

get rid of these old worthless rags.

I get letters begging me to work

here. You know how lucky you are?

You realize that?

You know,

'cause I do a favor for Rosa.

I arrange the paper work.

Decent paper work.

For that, I charge a commission.

And what kind of commission?

Your first salary.

We can split it over two months.

I mean, you know...

What do you say?

Hold it! Hold it!

Wait a minute. Wait a minute.

You 're not running,

it 's not a marathon, okay?

-lt 's not the Olympics, okay?

-I 'll never finish on time.

Yes, you will. Let me show you

something. Hold it. Plug this there.

-Are you trying to kill yourself?

-No.

-I 'll never finish on time.

-You 'll finish. Take your time.

Relax, take your time,

get a little rhythm in it.

Take long steps.

Kind of swinging your butt...

your shoulders, your hips,

and you come back...

and then you go back the other

way. Act like you 're dancing.

-This is your man.

-Who? The vacuum?

-This is your man, okay?

-Sure.

If you do it like this, you 'll

cover the ground. Here, you try.

Go, go. You 're doing it right.

Come on!

We 're dancing, okay?

Easy up and back.

Up and back.

-Thanks.

-Way to go.

I 'm telling you, that 's your man.

Treat him good, he treats you good.

Watch it, Maya. First you have

to use the screwdriver, like this.

-This way is easier.

-That 's the idea.

-lt 's better than the finger.

-First clean up these little bits.

They 're stuck.

Look out, sometimes the wind

blows dirt in your face.

There aren't any new facts.

I think we should do it.

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Paul Laverty

Paul Laverty (born 1957) is a Scottish lawyer and scriptwriter. more…

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