A young Mexican woman crosses the border into LA to join her sister, who works as a janitor in some of the city's largest corporate offices. Surrounded by the machinations of big business, the sisters seek happiness on a smaller but more human scale as they try to organize a janitorial union.
Production Parallax Pictures [gb]; Alta Films [es]; Alta Producción [es]; Arte [fr]; BIM [it]; Bac Films [fr]; British Screen Productions [gb]; British Sky Broadcasting (BSkyB) [gb]; Cinart [be]; Degeto Film [de]; FilmFour [gb]; Filmcoopi Zürich [ch]; Filmstiftung Nordrhein-Westfalen [de]; La Sept-Arte [fr]; Road Movies Filmproduktion [de]; Tornasol Films [es]; Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR) [de];
Cast Names William Atherton; Cooper Campbell; Benicio Del Toro; Oded Fehr; Gary Fredo; Stuart Gordon; Rick Otto; Chris Penn; Ron Perlman; Tim Roth; Robert Stahoviak; Miguel Angel Varela Fimbres; Samuel West; Vanessa Angel; Lara Belmont; Gail Thomas; Robin Tunney; Stephanie Zimbalist; Pilar Padilla; Adrien Brody; Elpidia Carrillo; Jack McGee; Monica Rivas; Frankie Davila; Lillian Hurst; Mayron Payes; Maria Orellana; Melody Garrett; Gigi Jackman; Beverly Reynolds;
Box Office USD 525,738
Release Date 2000-09-14 (Temecula Valley International Film Festival) 2000-10-01 * (Chicago International Film Festival) 2001-03-01 * (Santa Barbara Film Festival) 2001-05-11 (Los Angeles, California) 2001-06-01 (limited)
Genres Drama;
MPAA Rating [?] Rated R for strong language and brief nudity.