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Bread And Roses [DVD] [2001]

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Actors: Pilar Padilla, Adrien Brody, Elpidia Carrillo, Jack McGee, Monica Rivas
Directors: Ken Loach
Writers: Paul Laverty
Producers: Rebecca O'Brien, Ulrich Felsberg
Format: Anamorphic, PAL
Language English, Spanish
Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Number of discs: 1
Classification: 15
Studio: Cinema Club
DVD Release Date: 13 Jan 2003
Run Time: 106 minutes

Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)

ASIN: B00005AFL3
Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 48,693 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)

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A fine piece of polemical cinema, Ken Loach's Bread and Roses tells the story of the successful "Justice for Janitors" campaign, which helped establish improved pay and working conditions for the largely Latin American unskilled workforce in Los Angeles. Pilar Padilla plays Maya, who, following a traumatic crossing of the Mexican border, manages to find her older sister Rosa and eventually find work as a janitor. There, she runs into labour organiser Sam (Adrien Brody) when he evades security guards in a comical, Keystone cop-chase through an office building. He persuades her to join his campaign and a tentative romance blossoms.

Bread and Roses is a "Hollywood" movie with a difference, filmed in and around corporate LA but homing in on the lives of the ignored army of grotesquely underpaid, often illegal immigrants who give the area its sheen. At times, the semi-documentary footage of meetings and demos slackens the dramatic pace and it's interesting that the film's strongest scene is when the sceptical Rosa cuts through her sister's pro-union spiel with a devastating speech about the realities of her own life (she had to work as a prostitute). While this an imperfect movie, its political point hits home hard. Brody as Sam in particular brings a streak of fun to the movie.

On the DVD: Scene selection, language options and the original trailer are included but the best bonus is a 50-minute documentary about the making of the film, focussing on the life of one of the extras, Rosa, herself a janitors' rights campaigner. While not centre stage in the film, Rosa brings a great energy and authenticity to the set. She refers to Roach affectionately as a "little old man", dreams of shoving a vacuum hose up her bosses' asses and is flown home to El Salvador to give her estranged grandchildren trainers and a telling off. Excellent.--David Stubbs

Special Features
16:9 Anamorphic Wide Screen
DVD 9
Spanish
Region 2
Dolby Digital Stereo Spanish
Dolby Digital Stereo
Trailer
Documentary Ken And Rosa
English

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4.0 out of 5 stars Well directed, well acted, well I never!, 10 Nov 2003

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See what happens when American money is invested in quality. Ken Loach directs a wonderful, understated and poignant film, based on true events. The largely unknown cast (though including the Oscar-winning Adrien Brody, in another fine performance, but not quite as good as his Oscar acceptance speech - whatever you thought about the war, it was good to see the advertisers being made to wait while he said his piece!)adds to the feeling that these are real people with very real problems, which is perhaps, difficult to achieve with iconic actors involved. Despite the fact that they are unknown, however, there is not a bad performance to be found, and its one 'star', Brody, shows that his Oscar was no fluke with a well-balanced performance.
Fantastic. On a side note, it would be nice, if only for the challenge of it, to see Loach create at least one film divorced from his socialist ideals, but then why should he, if he doesn't want to and can provide films of the quality of this?

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4.0 out of 5 stars Great stuff, 29 Jul 2007

By	Paula Brown "paula_b" (Bristol, UK) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I loved this, it was romantic yet tough, ended well, all the characters suitably flawed yet appealing, it was filmed without the actors knowing the full plot and I think it showed.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Bread and Roses for Social Work, 28 Jun 2005

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Having first watched this film as part of a BA (HONS) Social Work Degree course I found, as did the rest of the tutor group, that it portrays the struggle of working class people in pursuit of equality against a backdrop of corporate bullying and authoritarian control. Though it doesn't match the Hollywood grandour of popular epics (the special effects are sadly lacking and love scenes are non existant) it does provoke thought and is an essential tool for anyone undertaking Groupwork as part of their social work training. It shows a passion for change that is sadly lacking today.

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