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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.
Original Release
09/14/2000
US Release
09/14/2000
Cast
Name | Character |
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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 |
Directors
Writers
Cast
Name | Character |
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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 |
Jesus Perez | Oscar |
Alonso Chavez | Ruben |
Estela Maeda | Teresa |
George Lopez | Perez |
José Jiménez | Freddy |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Ulrich Felsberg | Executive Producer |
Rebecca O'Brien | Producer |