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MPAA Rating: R Content Advisory: Brief Nudity, Adult Situations, Not For Children, Profanity Movie Release: 2000 DVD Release: 11/27/2001 Format: DVD Audio Tracks: English Subtitles: English, Spanish SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 1 hrs 50 mins Studio: Lions Gate Total Copies: 4 Genres: Drama, Urban Drama, Social Problem Film

Leftist filmmaker Ken Loach directs this grim drama about the plight of seemingly invisible office cleaners in contemporary L.A. who often earn as little as $6 a day without benefits. The film opens as Maya (Pilar Padilla), a young Mexican lass, is reuniting with her older sister Rosa (Elpidia Carrilio) in L.A. after a harrowing cross-border journey. Rosa sets her sister up first with a job as a barmaid, which Maya soon quits after getting repeatedly groped -- and then as a janitor. When her boss demands one month's salary as "commission," Maya happens upon Sam Shapiro (Adrien Brody), a muckraking lawyer and union agitator. This film, which was screened in competition at the 2000 Cannes Film Festival, is remarkable for its prescience -- it was shown a month after a massive janitor's strike ground L.A.'s business community to a halt. ~ Jonathan Crow, All Movie Guide

Adrien Brody - Sam
Elpidia Carrillo - Rosa
Frankie DaVila - Luis
George Lopez - Perez

Ken Loach's drama Bread and Roses comes to DVD with a widescreen transfer that preserves the original theatrical aspect ratio of 1.85:1. The closed-captioned English soundtrack is rendered in Dolby Digital 5.1. English and Spanish subtitles are accessible. Supplemental materials include the trailer. This is a fine release from Studio Home Entertainment. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide