Bread & Roses (1993)
3h 14m
Running Time
July 18, 1993Release Date
Bread & Roses (1993)
3h 14m
Running Time
July 18, 1993Release Date
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Plot.
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.
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Cast & Crew.

Geneviève Picot
Sonja

Mick Rose
Charlie

Donna Akersten
mrs. Mackersey

Raymond Hawthorne
Mr. Mackersey

Perry Piercy
Megaphone Woman

Tina Regtien
Con

Erik Thomson
Red

Theresa Healey
Peggy

Lilian Enting
Woman Patient #1

Frances Kewene
Maisie

Emily Perkins
Joan

Denise O'Connell
Women's Ward Sister

Larissa Matheson
Dot

Katherine McRae
Syd

Janet Fisher
Ruth Page

Jo Briant
Barbara

Ralph Johnson
Snr Det. Thompson

Katy Beasley
T.B. Ward Sister

William Walker
Wally

Gaylene Preston
Director

John Charles
Composer

Graeme Tetley
Screenplay

Allen Guilford
Director of Photography

Paul Sutorius
Editor
Details.
Release DateJuly 18, 1993
StatusReleased
Running Time3h 14m
Budget$2,500,000
Filming LocationsNew Zealand
Genres
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This Movie Is About.
nurse
new zealand
politician
tuberculosis
woman director
socialists
women's rights
Wiki.
Bread and Roses is a 1993 biographical film showing significant episodes in the political life of socialist and feminist Sonja Davies, based on her autobiography of the same name.
She is portrayed from her early years to her election to the Nelson Hospital Board.
Made as a Suffrage Year tribute to the women of New Zealand.
Helen Martin says the film is fascinating as a social history, showing her empathy with working class women.
The film was shown on television in four episodes in October 1993.
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