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Bread & Roses (1993)
Directed by Gaylene Preston
“A survivor for whom mere survival was not enough”
Drama, War · 3h 14m
Based upon the life of activist and trade unionist (and later MP) Sonja Davies. The film covers her life up to 1956, when, at age 33, she was elected to the Nelson Hospital Board. During this period she develops strong socialist beliefs, marries and divorces, at age 17 trains as a nurse, has a romance (and a child) with an American marine who is killed in WWII action. She battles tuberculosis and marries a former boyfriend when he returns from the war. She becomes part of a women's ill-fated campaign to save the Nelson railway line from closure and begins to be elected to political bodies.
Cast
Geneviève Picot
Mick Rose
Donna Akersten
Erik Thomson
Theresa Healey
Crew
- Director
- Gaylene Preston
- Screenplay
- Graeme Tetley
- Director of Photography
- Allen Guilford
- Original Music Composer
- John Charles
- Editor
- Paul Sutorius
- Producer
- Robin Laing
Details
- Release date
- 1993-07-18
- Runtime
- 3h 14m
- Genres
- Drama, War
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- New Zealand
- Production
- Preston Laing, New Zealand Film Commission
- Budget
- $2,500,000