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| Genres: | Drama. |
| Year: | 2000. |
| Director: | Ken Loach. |
| IMDB Rating: | 7.10 (1380 votes). |
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| Pilar Padilla | Maya | | Adrien Brody | Sam Shapiro | | Elpidia Carrillo | Rosa | | Jack McGee | Bert | | Monica Rivas | Simona | | Frankie Davila | Luis | | Lillian Hurst | Anna | | Mayron Payes | Ben | | Maria Orellana | Berta | | Melody Garrett | Cynthia | | Gigi Jackman | Dolores | | Beverly Reynolds | Ella | | Eloy Méndez | Juan | | Elena Antonenko | Maria | | Olga Gorelik | Olga |
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Plot: 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.
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