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 | British director Ken Loach is kissed by Mexican actresses Pilar Padilla (R) and Elpidia Carrillo during a photo call for their film 'Bread and Roses' on Thursday. The film is screened in competition for the Palme d'Or (Golden Palm) at the 53rd Cannes Film Festival on the French Riviera. click to open  |  | British director Ken Loach waves during a photocall for his film "Bread and Roses" in competition for the Golden Palm at the 53rd International Film Festival in Cannes, French Riviera, Thursday, May 11, 2000. Real-life janitors in a film based on the true story of workers struggling to better their lot - it must be Loach, the conscience of Cannes. The director and master of social criticism always injects a dose of gritty reality into the Croisette cocoon, and ``Bread and Roses,'' is no exception. click to open |  | British director Ken Loach waves as he arrives for the official screening of his film 'Bread and Roses' on Thursday, which is in competition for the Palme d'Or (Golden Palm) at the 53rd Cannes Film Festival on the French Riviera. Loach is one of the rare Western directors still making political films, but the characters that sprinkle his works are hardly mere mouthpieces for his left-wing views. click to open |  | British director Ken Loach is kissed by Mexican actress Elpidia Carrillo during a photo call for their film 'Bread and Roses' at the 53rd Cannes Film Festival last week. Loach is one of the rare Western directors still making political films, but the characters that sprinkle his works are hardly mere mouthpieces for his left-wing views. click to open |
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