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.
Cast
Pilar Padilla
Maya
Adrien Brody
Sam Shapiro
Jack McGee
Bert
Monica Rivas
Simona
Frankie Davila
Luis
Lillian Hurst
Anna
Maria Orellana
Berta
Melody Garrett
Cynthia
Elpidia Carrillo
Rosa
George López
Perez
Rosa Ayala
Janitor
Mayron Payes
Ben
Blake Clark
Mr. Griffin
Gigi Jackman
Dolores
Beverly Reynolds
Ella
Eloy Méndez
Juan
Yelena Antonenko
Maria
Olga Gorelik
Olga
Estela Maeda
Teresa
Sherman Augustus
Ernest
Roscio Saenz
Emma
Pepe Serna
Restaurateur
Tony Rizzoli
Personnel Manager
Tom Gilroy
Director of Campaigns
Jesus Perez
Oscar
Benicio del Toro
Party Guest (uncredited)
Samuel West
Party Guest (uncredited)
Tim Roth
Party Guest (uncredited)
Vanessa Angel
Party Guest (uncredited)
William Atherton
Party Guest (uncredited)
Lara Belmont
Party Guest (uncredited)
Cooper Campbell
Party Guest (uncredited)
Oded Fehr
Party Guest (uncredited)
Gary Fredo
Police Sergeant (uncredited)
Stuart Gordon
Party Guest (uncredited)
Rick Otto
Party Guest (uncredited)
Chris Penn
Party Guest (uncredited)
Ron Perlman
Party Guest (uncredited)
Robin Tunney
Party Guest (uncredited)
Crew
Ken Loach
Director
Paul Laverty
Writer
Jonathan Morris
Editor
Jeffrey R. Coulter
Assistant Editor
Paul Clegg
Assistant Editor
Barry Ackroyd
Director of Photography
Ricardo Méndez Matta
First Assistant Director
Sharon Swab
Second Assistant Director
Bradley Morris
Second Second Assistant Director
Heidi S. Pavey
Production Coordinator
Ulrich Felsberg
Executive Producer
Rebecca O'Brien
Producer
Martin Johnson
Production Design
Diego Quemada-Díez
Camera Operator
William Olofsson
Assistant Camera
Matthew Pearce
Assistant Camera
Haskell Wexler
Second Assistant Camera
Clinton Dougherty
Second Assistant Camera
Steve Brooksbank
Casting Associate
Richard Hicks
Casting
Ronnie Yeskel
Casting
Janet Cunningham
Extras Casting
Michele Michel
Costume Designer
Javier Arrieta
Wardrobe Supervisor
Yvette Perez
Hairstylist
Veronique Guillem
Makeup Designer
Paula Maslowski
Art Department Assistant
Ray Beckett
Sound Recordist
Joseph F. Brennan
Boom Operator
George Fenton
Original Music Composer
Roger Bojarski Jr.
Transportation Captain
Lance Cherniet
Transportation Coordinator
Cynthia Garcia Walker
Production Accountant
Jeff Wickline
Assistant Accountant
Eric Reichardt
Painter
Melissa M. Levander
Set Decoration
Treven Bedwell
Set Dresser
Chris Forster
Construction Manager
Merrick Morton
Still Photographer
Susanna Lenton
Script Supervisor
Kevin Cadwallader
Electrician
David S. Bouza
Best Boy Electric
Ken Lavet
Location Manager
Quentin Halliday
Assistant Location Manager
Caleb Duffy
Assistant Location Manager
Michael Lindsay
Property Master
Calvin Starnes
Best Boy Grip
Orlando Hernandez
Key Grip
Bryan Wheatley
Grip
Marcelo Colacilli
Gaffer
Cathy Mickel Gibson
Unit Production Manager
Carl Hudson
Focus Puller
Wesley Staples
Studio Teacher
Tucker Doherty
Art Direction
Anthony Morris
First Assistant Editor
Richard Kite
Utility Sound
Michael Klingerman
Leadman
