
Bread & Roses
A survivor for whom mere survival was not enough
1993 en 194 minutes
Rating: 8
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

Geneviève Picot
Sonja

Mick Rose
Charlie

Donna Akersten
mrs. Mackersey

Raymond Hawthorne
Mr. Mackersey

Tina Regtien
Con

Erik Thomson
Red

Theresa Healey
Peggy

Frances Kewene
Maisie

Emily Perkins
Joan

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