Ms. COLLINS: (Singing) As we go marching, marching in the beauty of the day, a million darkened kitchens, a thousand mill lofts gray, are touched with all the radiance as a sudden sun discloses, for the people hear us singing: bread and roses, bread and roses.

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His latest and 31st film Bread and Roses is characteristically down-to-earth and to the point.

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Loach always draws naturalistic, fiercely committed performances from his actors, and Bread and Roses is no exception.

BBC: Loach's Bread winner

Other notable movies have included My Name is Joe and Raining Stones and, more recently, Bread and Roses.

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Bread and Roses is in UK cinemas from 27 April.

BBC: Loach's Bread winner

Bread and Roses is not without humour, most notably in the scene where the janitors gatecrash a Hollywood party attended by Tim Roth, Benicio Del Toro and a host of other Hollywood notables.

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