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Bread and Roses (2000)
an excellent political movie!
surprised that this movie got an overall 7.1 score. I think it deserves much higher than that. I think part of the reason could be this movie is heavily political and sympathetic to the problems that most illegal immigrants are facing in real life. However, it is also a fact that the problems portrayed in this movie is universal for all workers who do not have a union. The script is very nicely written, except in one occasion when Maya stole money from the service station. I thought that it was unnecessary to include this episode in the script; it diluted the seriousness of the film; she could have easily asked Sam to loan the small amount of money that Maya needed in order to give it to Ruben.
Acting by Pilar Padilla (Maya), Adrien Brody (Sam), and Elpidia Carrillo (Rosa) are outstanding!
Beynelmilel (2006)
This movie brings the art of Turkish film-making to the "Beynelmilel" :-) level
One of the best Turkish movies that I watched in years! It is certainly in the class of great Italian movies; the script, acting, cinematography, and the music are all great!
This movie tells the story of an era in Turkish political history full of military oppression, violence, prosecution, and ignorance in a satirical way. The choice of the song "International" as the theme music in the movie is smart and wonderful!
I have only one criticism about the script and that's why I did not give a perfect score: the events in the last 5 minutes of the movie have evolved very quickly and ended in an unusually dramatic way, which made me think if there were financial reasons for ending the film so abruptly. Otherwise, it had the potential to win prestigious international awards. Congratulations to the crew who produced such a great movie with a small budget!