Bread and Roses Page #3

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
498 Views


The judge isn 't ready to grant it.

He 's gonnawait.

Even if we win on a couple

of issues, it 'll be alright.

-lt costs a lot.

-I think it 's a good idea.

Have I told you my

theory about uniforms?

They make us invisible.

-Let 's do this other one now.

-Why?

We have to wait

until they come back.

What are you doing?

-Wait asecond.

-Christ, woman. What are you doing?

-lf this goes wrong...

-We 'll need the assignment language.

If this doesn 't work, you 'll

be up to your ass with terrible...

I know! Who pushed

the f***ing buttons?

You're crazy!

And this is just your first day!

There he goes!

Son of a b*tch!

Where are you, you a**hole?!

Son of a b*tch!

Where are you?

Excuse me.

Don 't be scared.

My God. Is that wax?

I 'm sorry.

Where are you, motherf***er?

We 're gonna get you, motherf***er!

Sh*t!

Get out of the way! F***!

Son of a b*tch!

-Where did he go?

-The other side.

Ernest, you went the wrong way.

It 's this way!

Which way?? Where??

What the f***?

People can get hurt here.

I 'm sorry.

-That 's okay.

-I 'm not a thief. I promise.

Don 't turn me in.

I gotta get to the

service elevator, okay?

Service elevator, okay?

It 's right there, down the hall.

Quick, please.

-Thank you, miss.

-You 're welcome.

Where are you, motherf***er?

Nobody touches that motherf***er!

He is mine!

This is really nice of you.

You 're not gonna get in trouble.

Shut up. Sorry.

That son of a b*tch. We lost him.

That's wonderful, a**holes!

What are you, triplets?

Hey, f***ing stop

calling us that, would you?

F*** off, baldy!

Just find him and quick!

Why don 't you shut the f*** up?

At least we 're doing something here.

And who was that? Was that

that ballfoot two inches...

Just set your fat ass up!

-You're the only one with a brain.

-It's alright. IIItake it.

Sh*t!

We gotta find him.

What do you got in there??

Books and old telephone books.

Okay. Get out.

Thank you.

That was exciting.

What is your name?

Berta?

Rosa? Teresa?

-Well, you 're not Juan.

-No, sure.

-Where did you get this list?

-ClA.

-Anna?

-No.

-Where did you get it?

-I stole it from their notes board.

-You are Maya, right?

-How do you know?

Who the hell are you??

-Auntie 's home, Ma.

-Yes?!

-Where were you?? What kept you?

-The queues were endless.

I got this because

the other kind was sold out.

I 'll get it.

-ls Rosa in?

-Yeah. Hold on. Mommy?

-What?

-There 's somebody at the door.

-Who is it?

-I don 't know.

I 'm Sam Shapiro, from

Justice for Janitors ' campaign.

I 'm Rosa, from

Justice for Rosa's campaign.

-Who is it?

-What do you want?

He has come to throw

the wax all over the floor.

Is this the clown

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Paul Laverty

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

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