Released:
2000-09-14

Overview:
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.

Director:
Ken Loach

Runtime:
1h 50min

Genre:
Comedy, Drama

• Cast:
• 
  Pilar Padilla
  as
  Maya
• 
  Adrien Brody
  as
  Sam Shapiro
• 
  Jack McGee
  as
  Bert
• 
  Monica Rivas
  as
  Simona
• 
  Frankie Davila
  as
  Luis