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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