Bread and Roses (2000 film)
| Bread and Roses | |
|---|---|
 Bread and Roses poster | |
| Directed by | Ken Loach |
| Produced by | Rebecca O'Brien |
| Written by | Paul Laverty |
| Starring |
Pilar Padilla Adrien Brody Elpidia Carrillo |
| Music by | George Fenton |
| Cinematography | Barry Ackroyd |
| Edited by | Jonathan Morris |
Production company |
see production |
| Distributed by |
Alta Films (Spain) Lionsgate (US) |
Release dates |
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Running time | 110 minutes |
| Country |
United Kingdom Germany Spain |
| Language |
English Spanish |
| Box office | $533,479 |
Bread and Roses is a 2000 film directed by Ken Loach, starring Adrien Brody, Pilar Padilla, and Elpidia Carrillo. The plot deals with the struggle of poorly paid janitorial workers in Los Angeles and their fight for better working conditions and the right to unionize. It is based on the "Justice for Janitors" campaign of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU).[1]
The film is critical of inequalities in the United States. Health insurance in particular is highlighted and it is also stated in the film that the pay of cleaners and other low paying jobs has declined in recent years.
The film's name, "Bread and Roses", derives from the 1912 textile strike in Lawrence, Massachusetts. Though the phrase comes from a 1911 poem by James Oppenheim (which was, in turn, based on a speech given by Rose Schneiderman), it is commonly associated with the Lawrence strike, which united dozens of immigrant communities, led to a large extent by women, under the leadership of the Industrial Workers of the World.
Cast
- Pilar Padilla as Maya
- Adrien Brody as Sam Shapiro
- Elpidia Carrillo as Rosa
- Jack McGee as Bert
- Monica Rivas as Simona
- Frank Davila as Luis
- Lillian Hurst as Anna
- Mayron Payes as Ben
- Maria Orellana as Berta
- Melody Garrett as Cynthia
- Gigi Jackman as Dolores
- Beverly Reynolds as Ella
- Eloy Mendez as Juan
- Elena Antonenko as Maria
- Olga Gorelik as Olga
- George Lopez as Perez
- Stone Cold Steve Austin as The Texas Rattlesnake
- Uncredited party guests
- Tim Roth
- Ron Perlman
- William Atherton
- Vanessa Angel
- Benicio del Toro
- Oded Fehr
- Chris Penn
- Robin Tunney
Production
The following companies produced the film:[2]
- British Screen
- BSkyB
- Cineart
- Filmcooperative Zürich
- Parallax Pictures
- BiM Distribution
- Alta Films
- Bac Films
- Road Movies Filmproduktion
- Tornasol Films
Awards and nominations
The film was nominated for the Palme d'Or (Golden Palm) at the 2000 Cannes Film Festival[3] and won the Jury Award at the Temecula Valley International Film Festival in 2000.
In 2001, it was nominated for the Artios award of the Casting Society of America, for the British Independent Film Awards for Best British Independent Film, Best Director and Best Screenplay, and won the Phoenix Prize at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival.
In 2002, it was nominated for four ALMA Awards, of which it won the Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture (Elpidia Carrillo) and also won the Imagen Award for Best Theatrical Feature Film of the Imagen Foundation Awards.
See also
References
- ↑ Bread and Roses Foreword, SEIU President Andrew L. Stern
- ↑ "Bred and Roses". Allrovi. Retrieved 5 July 2011.
- ↑ "Festival de Cannes: Bread and Roses". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 2009-10-11.
External links
- The Bread-and-Roses-strike
- Bread and Roses at the Internet Movie Database
- Bread and Roses at Box Office Mojo
- Bread and Roses at Rotten Tomatoes